POWDERMAKER, HORTENSE — (1896–1970), pioneering scholar in American anthropology. Powdermaker was born in Philadelphia, one of four children of Minnie (Jacoby) and Louis Powdermaker, a German Jewish middle class family. She attended Goucher College, where she became… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hortense Powdermaker — (1896 1970) was an anthropologist best known for her ethnographic studies of African Americans in rural America and of Hollywood. Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, Powdermaker spent her childhood in Reading, Pennsylvania and in Baltimore.… … Wikipedia
Hortense Powdermaker — est une anthropologue américaine née en 1896 et morte en 1970. Elle a travaillé en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée avant de se pencher sur les Afro Américains et sur Hollywood aux États Unis. Portail des sciences humaines et sociales … Wikipédia en Français
Hortense — Sommaire 1 Sens et origine du nom 2 Variantes 3 Popularité du nom 4 Hortense comme nom de personne ou prénom … Wikipédia en Français
Hortense (given name) — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Hortense imagesize= caption= pronunciation= gender = meaning = region = French origin = related names = footnotes = Hortense is a French feminine given name that comes from Latin meaning gardener . It may refer… … Wikipedia
Visual anthropology — is a subfield of cultural anthropology that developed out of the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and since the mid 1990s, new media. While the term is sometimes used interchangeably with ethnographic film , visual… … Wikipedia
John Cassavetes — Infobox actor name = John Cassavetes caption = Cassavetes appearing as Johnny Staccato in the critically acclaimed TV series of the same name birthname = John Nicholas Cassavetes birthdate = birth date|1929|12|9|mf=y location = New York, New York … Wikipedia
Mississippi Delta — This article is about the geographic region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. For other uses, see Mississippi Delta (disambiguation). The Mississippi Delta is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between… … Wikipedia
Queens College, City University of New York — Infobox University name = Queens College of The City University of New York image size = 160px motto = Discimus ut serviamus (Latin) ( We learn so that we may serve ) [Authored by Dr. Konrad Gries, Professor and Chair of the Department of… … Wikipedia
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