Weiner, Annette B., 1933-

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Summary: Annette Barbara Weiner née Cohen was one of the most prominent American cultural anthropologists, earning recognition as the President of the American Anthropological Association (1991–1993), Presidents of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (1987–1989), Chair of Anthropology (1981–1991). She also served as a Dean of Social Science (1993–1996), and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science (1991–1996) at New York University. Early in her career, she taught at the University of Texas, Austin, and at Franklin and Marshall College. She held the David B. Kriser Distinguished Professorship in Anthropology from 1984 until her death in 1997. She was known for her ethnographic work in the Trobriand Islands and her development of the concept of inalienable wealth in social anthropological theory. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][4][5]
Born: 1933-02-14 [2][4]
Birth Place: Philadelphia [4]
Died: 1997-12-07 [2][4]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]
Profession: Anthropologin [2]
Employer: New York University [4]
Educated at: Bryn Mawr College [4]; University of Pennsylvania [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]
Archives at: New York University Archives [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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