Escuela de rebeldes

The story of a bold and non-conformist group that dismantled the mechanisms of racism. At the beginning of the 20th century, the eugenic theses, which defended the superiority of the white man, reached their zenith. The world was fragmenting, a new imperialist model came into action and cultural anthropology, a still unknown but booming science, sponsored the colonizing division. It was then that Franz Boas and his circle of students, essentially women - among them the brilliant Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, Ella Deloria and Zora Neale Hurston - rebelled against the prevailing canon, provided a solid foundation for what we now call "relativism". culture" and gave rise to modern anthropology. From the academic field and applying the scientific method, they demonstrated that no civilization is superior to another and that, regardless of differences in skin color, sexual habits or customs, humanity is one and indivisible. Rebel School traces the lives of these pioneering men and women, filled with scandals, romances, rivalries, and tragedies. On their trips - to the Arctic Circle, to the American reserves of the Great Plains, to the South Pacific or the Caribbean... - they documented radically different approaches to love, upbringing, family and the relationship between men and women. Armed with evidence, they provided a master key to understanding the world and humanity. Together they were "on the front lines of the most important moral battle of our time," and they emerged victors.