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
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 15, 1903
Deathday
November 13, 1999
Place of Birth
Paris, France, EU
