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Germaine Dieterlen

Germaine Dieterlen

Known for

Directing

Born

May 15, 1903

Birthplace

Paris, France, EU

Died

November 13, 1999 (aged 96)

Biography

Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.

Best known work

The Dreamed Films

The Dreamed Films

2010
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

1970
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé

Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé

1972
The Burial of the Hogon

The Burial of the Hogon

1973
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

1966
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai

1979
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

1977
Germaine chez elle

Germaine chez elle

1994
Germaine et ses copains

Germaine et ses copains

1996
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo

Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo

1967

Filmography

  1. 2010

    The Dreamed Films

    as Self

  2. 1996

  3. 1994

  4. 1981

  5. 1979

  6. 1977

  7. 1973

  8. 1972

  9. 1970

  10. 1967

  11. 1966

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