Research Catalog

Title

Pioneers of the field : South Africa's women anthropologists / Andrew Bank.

Author

Bank, Andrew

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description
• Table of contents only

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Details

Description

xiii, 319 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Focusing on the crucial contributions of women researchers, Andrew Bank demonstrates that the modern school of social anthropology in South Africa was uniquely female-dominated. The book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women through the use of a rich cocktail of new archival sources, including family photographs, private and professional correspondence, field-notes and field diaries, published and other public writings and even love letters. The book also sheds new light on the close connections between their personal lives, their academic work and their anti-segregationist and anti-apartheid politics. It will be welcomed by anthropologists, historians and students in African studies interested in the development of social anthropology in twentieth-century Africa, as well as by students and researchers in the field of gender studies.

Series Statement

The international African library

Uniform Title

International African library.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Women ethnologists > South Africa > Biography
• Ethnologists > South Africa > Biography
• Ethnology > Study and teaching (Higher) > History > South Africa > 20th century
• Ethnologists
• Ethnology > Study and teaching (Higher)
• Women ethnologists
• South Africa

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-308) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Rethinking the canon -- Feminizing the foundational narrative: the collaborative anthropology of Winifred Tucker Hoernle (1885-1960) -- An adopted daughter: Christianity and anthropology in the life and work of Monica Hunter Wilson (1908-1982) -- Anthropology and Jewish identity: The urban fieldwork and ethnographies of Ellen Hellmann (1908-1982) -- 'A genius for friendship': Audrey Richards at Wits, 1938-1940 -- Historical ethnography and ethnographic fiction: The South African writings of Hilda Beemer Kuper (1911-1992) -- Feminising the discipline: the long career of Eileen Jensen Krige (1904-1995) -- Conclusion: A humanist legacy.

Call Number

Sc E 16-1398

ISBN

• 9781107150492
• 1107150493

LCCN

2016026286

OCLC

951760729

Author

Bank, Andrew, author.

Title

Pioneers of the field : South Africa's women anthropologists / Andrew Bank.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The international African library

International African library.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-308) and index.

Connect to:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

Sc E 16-1398