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Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College , and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons , she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where ...
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is a 1946 study of Japan by American anthropologist Ruth Benedict compiled from her analyses of Japanese culture during World War II for the U.S. Office of War Information. Her analyses were requested in order to understand and predict the behavior of the Japanese during the war by ...
Ruth Benedict: American anthropologist and folklorist 1887 1947 Ruth Bunzel: American anthropologist 1898-04-18 1990-01-14 Ruth Cardoso: Brazilian anthropologist 1930-09-19 2008-06-24 Ruth Cernea: American anthropologist 1934 2009 Ruth DeEtte Simpson: American archaeologist 1918-05-06 2000-01-19 Ruth Hill Useem: American sociologist 1915-05-31 ...
Major works on national character include: Ruth Benedict's The Chrysanthemum and the Sword on Japanese national character. Because researchers could not enter Japan at the time, Benedict conducted her research as "fieldwork-at-a-distance" through literature, film, and Japanese expatriates (mostly internment camp victims) in the United States.
Following Ruth Benedict's example, Mead focused her research on problems of child rearing, personality, and culture. [29] She served as president of the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1950 [ 30 ] and of the American Anthropological Association in 1960.
Franz Boas; Ruth Benedict Ruth Leah Bunzel (née Bernheim ) (18 April 1898 – 14 January 1990) was an American anthropologist , known for studying creativity and art among the Zuni people (A:Shiwi), researching the Mayas in Guatemala , and conducting a comparative study of alcoholism in Guatemala and Mexico . [ 1 ]
Tales of the Cochiti Indians is a 1931 work by Ruth Benedict. [1] It collects the folk tales of the Cochiti Puebloan peoples in New Mexico.The book is considered an important work in the discipline of feminist anthropology. [2]
The Ruth Benedict Prize is an award given annually by the American Anthropological Association's "to acknowledge excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic".