The Resource Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century, Charles King
Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century, Charles King
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The item Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century, Charles King represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A dazzling group portrait of Franz Boas, the founder of cultural anthropology, and his circle of women scientists, who upended American notions of race, gender, and sexuality in the 1920s and 1930s--a sweeping chronicle of how our society began to question the basic ways we understand other cultures and ourselves."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Away
- Baffin Island
- "All is individuality"
- Science and circuses
- Headhunters
- American empire
- "A girl as frail as Margaret"
- Coming of age
- Masses and mountaintops
- Indian country
- Living theory
- Spirit realms
- War and nonsense
- Home
- Isbn
- 9780385542197
- Label
- Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century
- Title
- Gods of the upper air
- Title remainder
- how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles King
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A dazzling group portrait of Franz Boas, the founder of cultural anthropology, and his circle of women scientists, who upended American notions of race, gender, and sexuality in the 1920s and 1930s--a sweeping chronicle of how our society began to question the basic ways we understand other cultures and ourselves."--Publisher's description
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- SOM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- King, Charles
- Dewey number
- 301/.092
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN21.B56
- LC item number
- K55 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Boas, Franz
- Mead, Margaret
- Benedict, Ruth
- Deloria, Ella Cara
- Hurston, Zora Neale
- Anthropologists
- Women anthropologists
- Anthropology
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century, Charles King
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-406) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Away -- Baffin Island -- "All is individuality" -- Science and circuses -- Headhunters -- American empire -- "A girl as frail as Margaret" -- Coming of age -- Masses and mountaintops -- Indian country -- Living theory -- Spirit realms -- War and nonsense -- Home
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385542197
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2076924
- (OCoLC)1109765676
- 2097418
- 2076924
- (OCoLC)1109765676
- 2097418
- Label
- Gods of the upper air : how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century, Charles King
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-406) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Away -- Baffin Island -- "All is individuality" -- Science and circuses -- Headhunters -- American empire -- "A girl as frail as Margaret" -- Coming of age -- Masses and mountaintops -- Indian country -- Living theory -- Spirit realms -- War and nonsense -- Home
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385542197
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2076924
- (OCoLC)1109765676
- 2097418
- 2076924
- (OCoLC)1109765676
- 2097418
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