Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, December 1st, 2006
YOUNG, VIRGINIA HEYER. Ruth Benedict: beyond relativity, beyond pattern. xii, 379 pp., bibliogr. London, Lincoln: Univ. Nebraska Press, 2005. [pounds sterling]38.95 (cloth)
It may seem odd that we are still talking about Ruth Benedict so many years after her death in 1948, and when most of her theoretical work has been redirected or replaced, but this new and detailed biography offers many reasons why she left such a persisting legacy in our field. Virginia Heyer Young has two new angles on the subject. First, she was a student of Benedict who never threw away her lecture notes, and moreove...
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