Critics against culture : anthropological observers of mass society / Richard Handler.

Author/creator Handler, Richard, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoMadison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxii, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Ethnology--History.
Anthropologists' writings.

Contents Introduction: Critics, teachers, observers -- Individualism inside out : Tocqueville's Democracy in America -- The dainty and the hungry man : literature and anthropology in the work of Edward Sapir -- Antiromantic romanticism : Sapir's critique of American individualism -- Vigorous male and aspiring female : poetry, personality, and culture in Edward Sapir and Ruth Benedict -- Ruth Benedict and the modernist sensibility -- American culture in the world : Margaret Mead's And keep your powder dry -- Critics against culture : Jules Henry, Richard Hoggart, and the tragicomedy of mass society -- Raymond Williams, George Stocking, and fin-de-siècle U.S. anthropology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-219) and index.
LCCN 2005011175
ISBN0299213706 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GN308 .H34 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold