On creating a usable culture

Molloy, Maureen, 1949-

On creating a usable culture Margaret Mead and the emergence of American cosmopolitanism / [electronic resource] : Maureen A. Molloy. - Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2008. - x, 200 p. : ill.

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






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 customs.


Electronic books.

E184.A1 / M63 2008

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