Franz Boas : Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice / Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice / Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice /

"Franz Boas defined the concept of cultural relativism and reoriented the humanities and social sciences away from race science toward an antiracist and anticolonialist understanding of human biology and culture. Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is the second volume...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942.
Cultural relativism.
Anti-racism.
Anthropology.
Anthropologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Anthropologues > Allemagne > Biographies.
Anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Antiracisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Relativisme culturel.
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Anthropologists > Germany > Biography.
Anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
Anti-racism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Germany.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
  • Series Editors' Introduction
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Note on Translations
  • 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University
  • 2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901-1915
  • 3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice
  • 4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico
  • 5. Conflict, War, and Censure
  • 6. Preponderance of Women Students
  • 7. Loss and Loneliness
  • 8. The Last Cohort of Boas's Students
  • 9. Rescuing Scientists
  • 10. After Retirement
  • Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • .

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