Jack Goody
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Jack Goody was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, literacy, and the comparative study of social systems across Africa and Eurasia.
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| Jack Goody canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
human
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social anthropologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
St John’s College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Goody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African studies
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Eurasian social systems ⓘ anthropology of kinship ⓘ anthropology of literacy ⓘ comparative sociology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ |
| givenName | Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Africanist anthropology
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anthropology of kinship ⓘ historical sociology ⓘ literacy studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comparative analysis of Africa and Eurasia
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comparative study of kinship systems ⓘ critique of Eurocentrism in social theory ⓘ theory of literacy and social organization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | British Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Jack Goody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cooking, Cuisine and Class
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Production and Reproduction NERFINISHED ⓘ The Development of the Family and Marriage in Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ The Domestication of the Savage Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ The East in the West NERFINISHED ⓘ The Logic of Writing and the Organization of Society NERFINISHED ⓘ The Theft of History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hertfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge
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Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| studied |
comparative history of Eurasia
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inheritance systems ⓘ kinship ⓘ marriage systems ⓘ oral and written traditions ⓘ social change in Africa ⓘ |
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