Bohannan, Laura
Contributed to
ff57A source book on Tiv religion
A source book on Tiv religionBook 1969
ff57Tiv economy
Tiv economyBook 1968
ff57The Tiv of central Nigeria
The Tiv of central NigeriaBook 1953
ff57A Genealogical charter
A Genealogical charterarticle 1952
ff57Three source notebooks in Tiv ethnography
Three source notebooks in Tiv ethnographyessay 1958
- Summary
- Laura Bohannan, pen name Elenore Smith Bowen, was an American cultural anthropologist best known for her 1966 article, "Shakespeare in the Bush." Bohannan also wrote two books during the 1960s, Tiv Economy, with her husband, and Return to Laughter, a novel. These works were based on her travels and work in Africa between 1949 and 1953. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1][3]
- Born
- 1922 [3]
- Died
- 2002-03-19 [3]
- Death Place
- Chicago [3]
- Language
- English [2]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [3]
- university teacher [3]
- Employer
- University of Chicago [3]
- University of Illinois at Chicago [3]
- Educated at
- University of Oxford [3]
- University of Arizona [3]
- Country of Education
- United States [3]
- United Kingdom [3]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [3]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 3. Wikidata
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