Critics against culture : anthropological observers of mass society / Richard Handler.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-219) and index.

Introduction: Critics, teachers, observers -- Individualism inside out : Tocqueville`s Democracy in America -- The dainty and the hungry man : literature and anthropology in the work of Edward Sapir -- Antiromantic romanticism : Sapir`s critique of American individualism -- Vigorous male and aspiring female : poetry, personality, and culture in Edward Sapir and Ruth Benedict -- Ruth Benedict and the modernist sensibility -- American culture in the world : Margaret Mead`s And keep your powder dry -- Critics against culture : Jules Henry, Richard Hoggart, and the tragicomedy of mass society -- Raymond Williams, George Stocking, and fin-de-si�ecle U.S. anthropology.