Buch, Englisch, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 366 g
Anthropology, Race, and World War II
Buch, Englisch, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 366 g
ISBN: 978-3-030-40884-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
This volume seeks to recover a specific historical moment within the tradition of anthropologists trained in the United States under Franz Boas, arguably the father of modern American anthropology. Focusing on Boasians Ashley Montagu, Margaret Mead, Melville Herskovits, and Ruth Benedict, Anthony Hazard highlights the extent to which the Boasians offer historicized explanations of racism that move beyond a quest to reshape only the discipline: Boasian war work pointed to the histories of chattel slavery and colonialism to theorize not just race, but the emergence of racism as both systemic and interpersonal. The realities of race that continue to plague the United States have direct ties to the anthropological work of the figures examined here, particularly within the context of the 20th-century black freedom struggle. Ultimately, Boasians at War offers a detailed glimpse of the long troubled history of the concept of race, along with the real-life realities of racism, that have carried on despite the harnessing of scientific knowledge to combat both.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter1: Papa Franz.- Chapter 2: Ashley Montagu, the Negro Question, and the Myth of Race.- Chapter 3: Mead, an ‘Old American’.- Chapter 4: Herskovits on the Negro Past and Present.- Chapter 5: Benedict at a Distance and at Home.
