Quote of the day
Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Franz Boas
Born: July 9, 1858
Died: December 21, 1942 (aged 84)
Bio: Franz Uri Boas was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology".
Known for:
- Race, Language and Culture (1940)
- Anthropology and modern life (1928)
- Primitive Art (1927)
- The Mind of Primitive Man (1911)
- The central Eskimo (1888)