Hortense Powdermaker
Hortense Powdermaker · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Anthropologist known for pioneering studies of Hollywood and the American South
1896, Philadelphia, United States — 1970, Berkeley, California, United States
United States · Papua New Guinea · Zambia
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Hortense Powdermaker was a pioneering anthropologist who applied fieldwork methods to modern institutions, most famously in 'Hollywood, the Dream Factory' and her study of race in the American South, 'After Freedom'. Trained under Malinowski, she also worked in Melanesia and on Africa's Copperbelt. She came from a German-Jewish family in the United States.
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Anthropologist known for pioneering studies of Hollywood and the American South
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