Colson, Elizabeth, 1917-
Contributed to
fq12The social consequences of resettlement
The social consequences of resettlementBook 1971
fq12Land law and land holdings among Valley Tonga of Zambia
Land law and land holdings among Valley Tonga of Zambiaarticle 1966
fq12Spirit possession among the Tonga of Zambia
Spirit possession among the Tonga of Zambiaessay 1969
fq12Marriage & the family among Plateau Tonga of Northern Rhodesia
Marriage & the family among Plateau Tonga of Northern RhodesiaBook 1958
fq12Life among the cattle-owning plateau Tonga
Life among the cattle-owning plateau TongaBook 1949
- Summary
- Elizabeth Florence Colson was an American social anthropologist and professor emerita of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She was best known for the classic long-term study of the Tonga people of the Gwembe Valley in Zambia and Zimbabwe, which she began in 1956 with Thayer Scudder, 11 years after she obtained her doctorate and while Scudder was a second-year graduate student. Colson focused her research on the consequences of forced resettlement on culture and social organization, the effects of economic pressure on familial relationships, rituals, religious life, and even drinking patterns. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1917-06-15 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Hewitt, Minn. [3]
- Hewitt [4]
- Died
- 2016-08-02 [2]
- 2016-08-03 [4]
- Death Place
- Monze [2][4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- university teacher [4]
- Employer
- University of California, Berkeley [4]
- Educated at
- Harvard University [4]
- University of Minnesota [4]
- Radcliffe College [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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