Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
1981
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Germaine Dieterlen
Director & actor · born 15 May 1903 · Paris, France, EU
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.
Where to start: Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death (1981).
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1979 · 7.0/10
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Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
1972 · 10.0/10
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Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
1970 · 7.0/10
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Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967
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Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
1966 · 10.0/10
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