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Visionary Observers: Anthropological Inquiry and Education

Visionary Observers: Anthropological Inquiry and Education

Cherneff, Jill B. R.
Hochwald, Eve
Silverman, Sydel

Paperback

Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 080326464X
ISBN13: 9780803264649
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: Dec 1 2006
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Visionary Observers explores the relationship between anthropology and public policy, examining the careers of nine twentieth-century American anthropologists who made important contributions to debates about race, ethnicity, socialization, and education. Included are Franz Boas, the founder of American anthropology; Ruth Benedict, who analyzed modern societies during and after World War II; Margaret Mead, anthropology's most recognized public educator; Gene Weltfish, whose pragmatic anthropology positioned education at the core of culture; Hortense Powdermaker, whose fieldwork embraced Black America, Hollywood, and the Pacific; Solon Kimball, who studied the impact of desegregation; Ruth Landes, who adopted a cultural approach to educating teachers; Jules Henry, who analyzed the institutional consequences of imposing middle-class culture; and Eleanor Leacock, who pioneered advocacy anthropology. The questions they asked--about culture and human behavior, democracy and inequality, and systemic function and disjunction--and the dilemmas they faced as citizen-scientists are recurrent ones. The topics they addressed illustrate how the lens of American anthropology has long been focused on domestic issues. Through its emphasis on anthropologists as practitioners as well as theorists, this anthology adds a new dimension to the history and development of anthropology in the United States.

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