On creating a usable culture [electronic resource] : Margaret Mead and the emergence of American cosmopolitanism / Maureen A. Molloy.
By: Molloy, Maureen.
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BookPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2008Description: x, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 -- Criticism and interpretation | Anthropology -- United States -- Popular works | Anthropology in popular culture -- United States | Anthropology in literature | Cosmopolitanism -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States | United States -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-192) and index.
The problem of American culture -- The "jungle flapper" : civilization, repression, and the homogenous society -- "Lords of an empty creation" : masculinity, puritanism, and cultural stagnation -- "Every woman deviating from the code" : cultural lag, moral contagion, and social disintegration -- "Maladjustment of a worse order" : temperament, psychosexual misidentification, and the refuge of private life -- On creating a usable culture.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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