Fernandez, James W.
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Divinations, confessions, testimoniesarticle 1967
- Summary
- James W. Fernandez is an American anthropologist. He has written extensively and developed several theories, though his primary work is in the rhetorical camp of anthropology and focuses on the role of metaphors and tropes in culture. Fernandez is influenced by postmodernism, which he uses as a lens through which to conduct anthropology. He has conducted fieldwork in Spain and West Africa, most notably among the Fang people regarding the Bwiti cult, as represented by his work Bwiti. Fernandez has taught at several American universities and continues to teach as a professor emeritus of anthropology and social sciences at the University of Chicago. He earned a Guggenheim Fellowship for research in the social sciences in 2003. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][4][5]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1930-11-27 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Chicago [4]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4]
- university teacher [4]
- Profession
- Anthropologe [2]
- Employer
- Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món [4]
- Educated at
- University of Madrid [4]
- Amherst College [4]
- Northwestern University [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- Spain [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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