1st Edition

Fifty Key Anthropologists

Edited By Robert Gordon, Harriet Lyons, Andrew Lyons Copyright 2011
318 Pages
by Routledge

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Fifty Key Anthropologists surveys the life and work of some of the most influential figures in anthropology. The entries, written by an international range of expert contributors, represent the diversity of thought within the subject, incorporating both classic theorists and more recent anthropological thinkers. Names discussed include: Clifford Geertz Bronislaw Malinowski... Read more

Alphabetical List of Contents  Chronological List of Contents  Contributors  Introduction. Fifty Key Anthropologists  Appendix 1: Some Key Anthropological Terms Appendix 2: A Timeline  Index

Biography

Robert Gordon is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, USA, and Research Associate at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is the author of The Bushman Myth and Going Abroad: How to Travel Like an Anthropologist.

Andrew Lyons is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and current editor-in-chief of Anthropologica.

Harriet Lyons is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her books include Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality with Andrew Lyons.