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Germaine Dieterlen
Paris, France, EU
Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a l…
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Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.
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2010
The Dreamed Films
Movie Self
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1996
Germaine et ses copains
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1994
Germaine chez elle
Movie herself
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1981
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
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1979
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
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1977
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
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1973
The Burial of the Hogon
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1972
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
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1970
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
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1967
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
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1966
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
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