Edmund Carpenter 1922-2011
Jul. 8th, 2011 06:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
supergeeAnthropologist who worked with Marshall McLuhan and wrote two excellent books: Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me! and They Became What They Beheld.
ETA: I first heard of Carpenter when The Realist created an offensive poster (Kurt Vonnegut explains) and he put it up in his office and started a fuss, which he wrote to The Realist about. I decided I would like any book he wrote, and sure enough, I did.
ETA: I first heard of Carpenter when The Realist created an offensive poster (Kurt Vonnegut explains) and he put it up in his office and started a fuss, which he wrote to The Realist about. I decided I would like any book he wrote, and sure enough, I did.
