how a circle of renegade anthropologists reinvented race, sex, and gender in the twentieth century King, Charles 1967- creator author text bibliography biography Biographies. History. Biographies. nyu 2020 2019 First Anchor books edition monographic eng

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xii, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm "A ... 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 ... chronicle of how our society began to question the basic ways we understand other cultures and ourselves"--Publisher's description 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 Charles King Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-406) and index n-us--- Boas, Franz 1858-1942 Influence Anthropology Research Anthropologists United States Biography Ethnology Study and teaching United States History 20th century Women anthropologists Biography Culture Study and teaching United States History 20th century GN308.3.U6 K55 2020 306 301.092/2 B 9780525432326 0525432329 IG$ 200706 20230801103237.0 1163634913 eng