On creating a usable culture : Margaret Mead and the emergence of American cosmopolitanism /
Molloy, Maureen,1949-
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-192) and index.
The problem of American culture -- The "jungle flapper" : civilization, repression, and the homogenous society -- "Lords of an empty creation" : masculinity, puritanism, and cultural stagnation -- "Every woman deviating from the code" : cultural lag, moral contagion, and social disintegration -- "Maladjustment of a worse order" : temperament, psychosexual misidentification, and the refuge of private life -- On creating a usable culture.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Anthropology
Anthropology in popular culture
Anthropology in literature.
Cosmopolitanism
World War, 1939-1945