Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
by Charles King
In Gods of the Upper Air, Charles King tells the story of twentieth-century anthropologists who challenged conventional ideas about race, sex, and gender. This historical account explores how their intellectual work transformed anthropology and helped reshape broader understandings of human difference and identity.
About This Book
Charles King examines a circle of anthropologists whose work reshaped ideas about race, sex, and gender.
Set in the twentieth century, the book follows an intellectual movement that questioned established assumptions.
It explores how anthropology became a means of rethinking human difference and social categories.
The result is a historical account of ideas that influenced the way race, sex, and gender were understood.
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