Pioneers of the Field - South Africa''s Women Anthropologists

This book traces the personal and intellectual histories of six remarkable women anthropologists, using a rich cocktail of archival sources.

List of contents

Introduction: rethinking the canon; 1. Feminizing the foundational narrative: the collaborative anthropology of Winifred Tucker Hoernle (1885-1960); 2. An adopted daughter: Christianity and anthropology in the life and work of Monica Hunter Wilson (1908-82); 3. Anthropology and Jewish identity: the urban fieldwork and ethnographies of Ellen Hellmann (1908-82); 4. 'A genius for friendship': Audrey Richards at Wits, 1938-40; 5. Historical ethnography and ethnographic fiction: the South African writings of Hilda Beemer Kuper (1911-92); 6. Feminising the discipline: the long career of Eileen Jensen Krige (1904-95); Conclusion: a humanist legacy.

About the author

Andrew Bank is a professor in the History Department at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He was commissioning editor of the journal Kronos: Southern African Histories from 2001 to 2015 and is a member of the editorial board for the South African Historical Journal. He is also the co-editor of Inside African Anthropology: Monica Wilson and her Interpreters (Cambridge, 2013). His previous monographs are on slavery in Cape Town (1991) and the Bleek-Lloyd Collection of Bushman folklore (2006).

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Bank, Andrew (University of the Western Cape Bank, Bank Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316604915
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60491-5
• No. of pages: 335
• Series: The International African Library; The International African Library
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Republic of South Africa, Social and cultural anthropology, African History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military