Culture Against Man
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Rated 5 starsClassic cultural critique
Henry was a cultural anthropologist who studied contemporary American culture rather than primitive cultures as most do. This gave him a certain perspective on society that I appreciated, although many might find his criticisms a little harsh. Nevertheless, Henry's analysis of the American culture of the 50's is hard-hitting, trenchant, and mostly spot-on. His analysis of "Blondness" is entertaining as well, and the chapter...
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Rated 5 starsCulture and Man
I first encountered this book while in High School as a small piece of it was reprinted in an anthropology textbook. Though Henry goes off of the deep end a little bit in the veracity of his anti-American rhetoric, most of his observations are fairly sound. Probably the best analysis of the educational climate and processes ofcultural and social conditioning in the 1950's that I have read. In a sense, education in America...
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