Ruth Landes

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Ruth Landes


Born
in New York City, The United States
October 09, 1908

Died
February 11, 1991

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Ruth Schlossberg Landes was an American cultural anthropologist best known for studies on Brazilian candomblé cults and her published study on the topic, City of Women (1947). Her other field studies included stays with the Ojibwa of Ontario and Minnesota, the Santee Dakota in Minnesota, and the Potawatomi in Kansas. Towards the end of her career she wrote extensively on ethnic relations in the U.S., bilingualism in Europe and the Americas, and the effect of culture in American education. Landes is now recognized as a pioneer in the study of race and gender relations.

Average rating: 3.94 · 96 ratings · 7 reviews · 15 distinct works
The City of Women

3.93 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
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The Ojibwa Woman

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1971 — 10 editions
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The Prairie Potawatomi: Tra...

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1970
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Ojibwa Religion and the Mid...

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions
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Ojibwa Sociology

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1937 — 3 editions
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The Mystic Lake Sioux: Soci...

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions
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Culture in American Educati...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1965
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Latin Americans of the Sout...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1965
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Ojibwa Sociology

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Culture in American Education

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