Fear and Conventionality - Elsie Clews Parsons - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226647463 - June 8, 1997
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Fear and Conventionality


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Informed by a modernist and feminist approach to cultural anthropology, this work draws on a wide range of cultural texts and on the author's own experiences to argue that the fear of change in American society prompted many social conventions such as gift giving, hospitality and sexual taboos.


267 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 8, 1997
ISBN13 9780226647463
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 267
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   312 g
Language English  

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