North American Sociology, United States Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Etiquette, Economics & Finance, 20th Century American History - Social Aspects - General & Miscellaneous, Labor Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Middle Class, Ethnology, Relation

Fear and Conventionality

Name: Fear and Conventionality
Author: Parsons, Elsie Clews
ISBN: 9781430494829

by Parsons, Elsie Clews

Available on Bookshop Write a review

Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.

Overview

Widely admired by cultural critics and the avant garde when it was first published, Fear and Conventionality broke new ground for American anthropology. In it, Elsie Clews Parsons turns a cool and ironic eye on the mores and customs of her own upper-class New York society. A modern mind at the turn of the century, Parsons challenged social conventions about gender and family as part of the new feminist movement. Witty, graceful, and impassioned, this book will be of interest to social and cultural historians and anyone interested in early twentieth-century America.