Elsie Clews Parsons was a pioneering feminist, an eminent anthropologist, and an ardent social critic. In "Elsie Clews Parsons," Desley Deacon reconstructs Parsons's efforts to overcome gender biases in both academia and society.
"Wonderfully illuminating. . . . Parsons's work resonates strikingly to current trends in anthropology." George W. Stocking, Jr., "Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"
"This is the biography of a woman so interesting and effective a cross between Margaret Mead and Georgia O'Keeffe. . . . A nuanced portrait of this vivid woman." Tanya Luhrmann, "New...