Lois W. Banner

The relationship between anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict is revealed here, with details of their unconventional sexual relationship and their efforts to combat sexism, racism, xenophobia, and homophobia. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle

Intertwined Lives

A social history of the American ideal of feminine beauty chronicles changes in taste, fashion, attitudes, morality, style, and behavior from the eighteenth century to the present

American Beauty

Professor Lois W Banner

Professor Dolores Janiewski

Dolores Janiewski

Lois W.. Banner

Feminism, Race, and Imperial Visions

Reading Benedict / Reading Mead

Exploring the intersections of biography and autobiography, East and West, faith and reason, Finding Fran tells the story of two high school friends who took radically different paths: Lois Banner became an academic feminist, while Fran Huneke converted to Islam, joining the mystical Sufi Order and moving to Egypt.

History and Memory in the Lives of Two Women

Finding Fran

Professor Lois Banner

Banner charts the trajectories of two women who, despite their close friendship, take very different paths in life, stemming from the roots of the author's childhood. 25 photos.

An examination of mature women and their relationships with each other and with men explores the roots of Western attitudes and stereotypes about aging women beginning with ancient myths and rituals. Tour.

Lois W. Banner

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