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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1903-05-15 · Paris, France, EU
- Died
- 1999-11-13
Known for
- The Dreamed Films (2010) — Self
- Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani (1970) — Director
- Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé (1972) — Director
- The Burial of the Hogon (1973) — Director
- Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm (1966) — Director
- Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai (1979) — Director
- Germaine chez elle (1994) — herself
- Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen (1977) — herself
- Germaine et ses copains (1996) — herself
- Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo (1967) — Director
- Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death (1981) — Director