Ruth Landes
Ruth Landes · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Anthropologist known for 'The City of Women' and studies of race and gender
1908, New York City, USA — 1991, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
United States · Brazil · Canada
Ruth Landes is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Anthropologist known for 'The City of Women' and studies of race and gender
Landes was a pioneering anthropologist of race, gender and religion; her book 'The City of Women' (1947) studied the female-led Candomblé houses of Bahia, Brazil, an early study of gender in ethnography. She also researched African American and Native American communities. She was Jewish, the daughter of Jewish labor leader Joseph Schlossberg.
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Anthropologist known for 'The City of Women' and studies of race and gender
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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