Pioneers of the field : South Africa's women anthropologists /
Andrew Bank.
- pages cm
- The international African library .
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9781107150492
Women ethnologists -- South Africa--Biography. Ethnologists -- South Africa -- Biography. Ethnology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century.