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Tales of the Cochiti Indians (Forgotten Books) by Ruth Fulton Benedict
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Ruth Benedict
81 books133 followersRuth Fulton Benedict, noted anthropologist, studied Native American and Japanese cultures.
Ruth Fulton Benedict, a folklorist, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909.
She entered graduate school at Columbia University in 1919 under Franz Boas. She received her Philosophiae Doctor and joined the faculty in 1923. She perhaps shared a romantic relationship with Margaret Mead, and Marvin Opler ranked among her colleagues.
Work of Ruth Fulton Benedict clearly evidences point of view of Franz Boas, her teacher, mentor, and the father. The passionate humanism of Boas, her mentor, affected affected Ruth Benedict, who continued it in her research and writing.
Ruth Fulton Benedict held the post of president of the association and also a prominent member of the folklore society. People recognized this first such woman as a prominent leader of a learned profession. From the limited confines of culture-trait diffusion, this transitional figure redirected folklore, her field, away towards theories of integral performance to the interpretation of culture, as people can view. The relationships among personality, art, language, and culture insist that no trait existed in isolation or self-sufficiency; she champions this theory in her Patterns of Culture in 1934.
Ruth Fulton Benedict, a folklorist, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909.
She entered graduate school at Columbia University in 1919 under Franz Boas. She received her Philosophiae Doctor and joined the faculty in 1923. She perhaps shared a romantic relationship with Margaret Mead, and Marvin Opler ranked among her colleagues.
Work of Ruth Fulton Benedict clearly evidences point of view of Franz Boas, her teacher, mentor, and the father. The passionate humanism of Boas, her mentor, affected affected Ruth Benedict, who continued it in her research and writing.
Ruth Fulton Benedict held the post of president of the association and also a prominent member of the folklore society. People recognized this first such woman as a prominent leader of a learned profession. From the limited confines of culture-trait diffusion, this transitional figure redirected folklore, her field, away towards theories of integral performance to the interpretation of culture, as people can view. The relationships among personality, art, language, and culture insist that no trait existed in isolation or self-sufficiency; she champions this theory in her Patterns of Culture in 1934.
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January 2, 2019The Tales of the Cochiti Indians are rich -- with many layers of meaning I've only just begun to unpack. There are many archetypal mythological images within these layers, and they allow readers insight into their own journey. The many references to the stone lions filled me with the most delight -- having hiked there via Bandalier backcountry some years ago.
Benedict's work as a recorder for the Bureau of American Ethnology is detailed, and the tales are accompanied with many variants, which add to the power and possibility of the symbols within the tales. Benedict's interpretive bits and mythological analysis are generally weak, but thankfully she is quite light handed with them, and they are kept separate from the tales -- at the end of the book. However, the abstracts she puts among her brief commentary are quite helpful in analyzing the patterns and rhythms within.
Benedict's work as a recorder for the Bureau of American Ethnology is detailed, and the tales are accompanied with many variants, which add to the power and possibility of the symbols within the tales. Benedict's interpretive bits and mythological analysis are generally weak, but thankfully she is quite light handed with them, and they are kept separate from the tales -- at the end of the book. However, the abstracts she puts among her brief commentary are quite helpful in analyzing the patterns and rhythms within.
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