This chapter closes the section devoted to the American school of the volume "Culture and the Legacy of Anthropology", with a focus on Ruth Benedict's seminal Patterns of Culture (1934). In her book, she challenged ethnocentrism by fostering a relativist view of culture and language, which is still crucial nowadays. This chapter explores the ways in which Benedict searched for a plural language to better describe the plurality of cultures, with a focus on Native people's auto-determination and self-representation.
In search of a plural language: Rethinking Ruth Benedict's new and old patterns of culture
Lorena Carbonara
2020-01-01
Abstract
This chapter closes the section devoted to the American school of the volume "Culture and the Legacy of Anthropology", with a focus on Ruth Benedict's seminal Patterns of Culture (1934). In her book, she challenged ethnocentrism by fostering a relativist view of culture and language, which is still crucial nowadays. This chapter explores the ways in which Benedict searched for a plural language to better describe the plurality of cultures, with a focus on Native people's auto-determination and self-representation.File in questo prodotto:
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