Bank, Andrew (Author)
Cambridge University Press
Physical Details: 336
Language: English
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 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.
...MoreReview Casey Golomski (2017) Review of "Pioneers of the Field: South Africa's Women Anthropologists". International Journal of African Historical Studies (pp. 540-542).
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