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Germaine Dieterlen

Germaine Dieterlen

Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.

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Known For

  • Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
  • Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
  • Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
  • The Burial of the Hogon
  • Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
  • Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
  • Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai