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Adeline Masquelier
Adeline Marie Masquelier (born 1960) is a Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Biography She received her baccalaureate in biology and physics (with honors) at Centre St. Marc, in Lyon, Lyon, France (1978), her B.A. in Zoology (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980), and M.A. in Anthropology (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1984). She also received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1993 studying under the prominent African studies, Africanist and Anthropologist Jean Comaroff, and has done her field work among the people of rural Niger in the Hausa people, Hausa town of Dogondoutchi. Her research focuses have included spirit possession, Islamic Modernism, reformist Islam, Bori (religion), Bori religious practices, twinship, witchcraft, the pathology of consumption, medical anthropology, and gender. Currently she is the executive editor of the Journal of Religion in Africa (since January 2008) and is researching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavior, while cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. A portmanteau term sociocultural anthropology is commonly used today. Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences social life. Biological or physical anthropology studies the biological development of humans. Archaeological anthropology, often termed as 'anthropology of the past', studies human activity through investigation of physical evidence. It is considered a branch of anthropology in North America and Asia, while in Europe archaeology is viewed as a discipline in its own right or grouped under other related disciplines, such as history and palaeontology. Etymology The abstract noun ''anthropology'' is first attested in reference t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
