Germaine Dieterlen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1903
- Died
- November 13, 1999 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France, EU
Biography
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
Filmography
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Movie · Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
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The Burial of the Hogon
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Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Movie · Director
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Movie · Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Movie · Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
Movie · Director