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Germaine Dieterlen

Germaine Dieterlen

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.

On screen

  • The Dreamed Films
  • Germaine et ses copains
  • Germaine chez elle
  • Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

Behind the camera

  • Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
  • The Burial of the Hogon
  • Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
  • Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
  • Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

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