On creating a usable culture : Margaret Mead and the emergence of American cosmopolitanism

On creating a usable culture : Margaret Mead and the emergence of American cosmopolitanism /

Margaret Mead's career took off in 1928 with the publication of Coming of Age in Samoa. Within ten years, she was the best-known academic in the United States, a role she enjoyed all of her life. In On Creating a Usable Culture, Maureen Molloy explores how Mead was influenced by, and influenced...

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Main Author: Molloy, Maureen, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Mead, Margaret, > 1901-1978 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mead, Margaret, > 1901-1978
1939-1945
Anthropology > United States > Popular works.
Anthropology in popular culture > United States.
Anthropology in literature.
Cosmopolitanism > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Anthropology
Anthropology in literature
Anthropology in popular culture
Cosmopolitanism
Manners and customs
Social aspects
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Popular works
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Table of Contents:
  • The problem of American culture
  • The "jungle flapper" : civilization, repression, and the homogenous society
  • "Lords of an empty creation" : masculinity, puritanism, and cultural stagnation
  • "Every woman deviating from the code" : cultural lag, moral contagion, and social disintegration
  • "Maladjustment of a worse order" : temperament, psychosexual misidentification, and the refuge of private life
  • On creating a usable culture.

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