Pioneers of the Field: South Africa's Women Anthropologists

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...

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Main Author: Bank, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Series:The International African Library
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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
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Aug 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource (334 pages) digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:9781316584187
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316584187