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Russian Culture
Mead, Margaret; Gorer, Geoffrey
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Description for Russian Culture
Hardback. This volume brings together two classic works on the culture of the Russian people which have been long out of print. Gorer's Great Russian Culture and Mead's Soviet Attitudes towards Authority: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problems of Soviet Character were among the first attempts by anthropologists to analyze Russian society. Series: Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
This volume brings together two classic works on the culture of the Russian people which have been long out of print. Gorer's Great Russian Culture and Mead's Soviet Attitudes towards Authority: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Problems of Soviet Character were among the first attempts by anthropologists to analyze Russian society.
They were influential both for several generations of anthropologists and in shaping American governmental attitudes toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War period. Additionally they offer fascinating insights into the early anthropological use of psychological data to analyze cultural patterns. Read as part of the history of ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Margaret Mead: The Study of Contemporary Western Cultures
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571812308
SKU
V9781571812308
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About Mead, Margaret; Gorer, Geoffrey
Margaret Mead served as Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1925 to 1969. She began her career with a study of youth and adolescence in Samoan society, published as Coming of Age in Samoa (1928). She published prolifically, becoming a seminal figure in anthropology, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1979. ... Read more
Reviews for Russian Culture
“These texts expose… the impoverishing effect of recent emphases on critical virtuosity. The phenomenological status, processes, and practices involved (in our culture) in terms such as "character" are fascinating to study.” • Journal of Anthropological Research “Regardless of the dated theoretical approach of these classics, their valuable factual material and the ability of the authors to inspire ... Read more