Biography

Mead, Margaret. Ruth Benedict. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1974, 180 p.

Biography that draws extensively on Benedict's letters and private journals.

Ruth Fulton Benedict: A Memorial. New York: Viking Fund, 1949, 47 p.

Memorial tributes to Benedict, including contributions by Margaret Mead, Alfred Koeber, Erik Erikson, and Robert Lynd.

Criticism

Bennett, John W. "Echoes: Reactions to American Anthropology." American Anthropologist 55, No. 3 (August 1953): 404-11.

Discusses reactions to The Chrysanthemum and the Sword among Japanese scholars.

Briscoe, Virginia Wolf. "Ruth Benedict: Anthropological Folklorist." Journal of American Folklore 92, No. 366 (October-December 1979): 445-76.

Examines Benedict's contribution to folklore as a scholarly discipline.

Kardiner, Abram, and Preble, Edward. "Ruth Benedict: Science and Poetry." In their They Studied Man, pp. 204-14. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1961.

Overview of Benedict's major works.

Reuter, E. B. Review of Race: Science and Politics. The American Journal of Sociology XLVI (1940-41): 619-22.

Somewhat negative view of Benedict's study of race relations. Reuter finds the book lacking in "developmental process."