Hortense Powdermaker
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Hortense Powdermaker was an American anthropologist and ethnographer known for her pioneering fieldwork on race relations, media, and modern industrial societies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hortense Powdermaker canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1896 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | London School of Economics ⓘ |
| employer | Queens College, City University of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cultural anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ industrial society ⓘ mass communication ⓘ media studies ⓘ race relations ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnography
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social analysis ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
anthropology of modernity
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media anthropology ⓘ race and ethnic studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applying anthropological methods to modern societies
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early anthropological study of Hollywood ⓘ ethnographic work on media and mass culture ⓘ pioneering fieldwork on race relations ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American anthropology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
After Freedom: A Cultural Study in the Deep South
NERFINISHED
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Copper Town: Changing Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood, the Dream Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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ethnographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| studied |
African American communities
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Hollywood film industry NERFINISHED ⓘ mass media ⓘ modern industrial societies ⓘ race relations in the American South ⓘ social change in Africa ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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