Safa, Helen Icken

The urban poor of Puerto Rico: a study in development and inequality.
Book 1974

Summary: Helen M. Icken Safa was an anthropologist, feminist scholar and academic. Safa focused her work on Latin American studies and she served as president of the Latin American Studies Association from 1983 to 1985. She taught anthropology and Latin American studies at Syracuse University, Rutgers University and the University of Florida. She received the Silvert Award, the highest honor given by the Latin American Studies Association. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][4][5][6]
Born: 1930-12-04 [5]
Birth Place: Brooklyn [5]
Died: 2013-11-04 [5]
Death Place: Gainesville [5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]
Profession: Anthropologin [2]
Employer: Rutgers University [5]; Syracuse University [5]; University of Florida [5]
Educated at: Cornell University [5]; Columbia University [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata; 6. Library of Congress

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