Ruth Benedict: Apollonian and Dionysian
“The Chippewa can not kill the father!” Ruth Benedict exclaimed to me one day, looking up gravely from my much blue-pencilled thesis and emphasizing each word separately. “They can not kill the father! Contrast with Eskimo!” My adviser turned her meditative eyes upon me and inquired, “Can't you...
| Published in: | University of Toronto Quarterly |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
1949
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/utq.18.3.241 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/utq.18.3.241 |
| Summary: | “The Chippewa can not kill the father!” Ruth Benedict exclaimed to me one day, looking up gravely from my much blue-pencilled thesis and emphasizing each word separately. “They can not kill the father! Contrast with Eskimo!” My adviser turned her meditative eyes upon me and inquired, “Can't you fit that in somewhere?” As often happened, I felt that I almost saw her point, but not quite. However, I jotted a hurried note—“Chips don't kill father....Esk.(?)”—and said that I would have to think about it. |
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