105 research outputs found
Portrait of the anthropologist Professor Hortense Powdermaker from Queens, New York, in New Guinea, 1929 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Inscriptions: "Professor Hortense Powdermaker, (Queens N.Y., U.S.A.) 'Life in Lesso [i.e. Lesu]' and other works" --In red ink. "1929" -- In pencil.; Professor Hortense Powdermaker, American anthropologist 1929 research in Lesu, New Ireland, New Guinea. Author of "Life in Lesu" and other works. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Sarah Chinnery no.: Part 2.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4506463
Hollywood, l'usine à rêves
No full textThis paper is an anthropologist's account of Hollywood film production in the fifties. The author reports on a lack of organization, professionals constantly trapped between their desire to be creative and their obligation to run the cinema like an industry, an entire economic sector where power and money are the only terms of exchange, a feudal working context, resentment, enmity, humiliation and so forth. Hortense Powdermaker's portrait of studio managers and executive producers is extremely harsh. In her view Hollywood repressed the artistic dimension of its project, with serious consequences from both a human and an industrial point of view.Les milieux de la production du cinéma à Hollywood dans les années cinquante sont ici racontés et observés par une anthropologue. Une chaîne de travail désorganisée, des professionnels sans cesse pris dans la contradiction entre leur désir d'être créatif et leur obligation de gérer le cinéma comme une industrie, un secteur économique tout entier où le pouvoir et l'argent sont devenus les seuls termes d'échange, des situations de travail féodales, des rancoeurs, des inimitiés, des humiliations... Le portrait des dirigeants de studio et des producteurs exécutifs dressé par Hortense Powdermaker est féroce. Hollywood, dit- elle, a refoulé la dimension artistique de son projet: les conséquences sont lourdes tant en termes humains qu'en termes industriels.Powdermaker Hortense, Pasquier Dominique. Hollywood, l'usine à rêves . In: Réseaux, volume 15, n°86, 1997. Modèles et acteurs de la production audiovisuelle. pp. 115-134
Hortense Powdermaker. Una antropóloga socio-cultural adelante de su tiempo
No full textEl texto trata de la vida y la obra de la antropóloga norteamericana Hortense Powdermaker, con algo de información acerca de sus orígenes sociales, de una familia de origen judío en el norte de los Estados Unidos y su compromiso social que la llevo a contribuir al desarrollo del sindicalismo en su región. En el texto se discute su trabajo de campo en cuatro casos, en Melanesia, en el sur de los Estados Unidos, en Hollywood y en el África central, pero sobre todo se presentan los rasgos metodológicos heredados de sus estudios de antropología con Malinowski en Londres y la inspiración metodológica norteamericana resultado de su trabajo con Edward Sapir en Yale en los Estados Unidos. En la primera parte del texto se subraya sus cualidades como profesora de antropología durante treinta años en New York.The text presents elements of the life and work of the American anthropologist Hortense Powdermaker, with some information about her social origin in a Jewish family in the Northern part of the United States, and her social commitment that made her contribute to the trade union development in her region. The text discusses her fieldwork in four different regions: in Melanesia, in the Deep South in the United States, in Hollywood and in central Africa, but above all attention is drawn to the methodological features that are a result of her studies of anthropology with Malinowski in London and the characteristic style inherited from her work with Edward Sapir at Yale in the United States. In the first part of the text mention is made of her career of thirty years´ teaching of anthropology at a college in New York
Hortense Powdermaker. Una antropóloga socio-cultural adelante de su tiempo
No full textThe text presents elements of the life and work of the American anthropologist Hortense Powdermaker, with some information about her social origin in a Jewish family in the Northern part of the United States, and her social commitment that made her contribute to the trade union development in her region. The text discusses her fieldwork in four di-fferent regions: in Melanesia, in the Deep South in the United States, in Hollywood and in central Africa, but above all attention is drawn to the methodological features that are a result of her studies of anthropology with Malinowski in London and the characteristic style inherited from her work with Edward Sapir at Yale in the United States. In the first part of the text mention is made of her career of thirty years ́ teaching of anthropology at a college in New York.El texto trata de la vida y la obra de la antropóloga norteamericana Hortense Powdermaker, con algo de información acerca de sus orígenes sociales, de una familia de origen judío en el norte de los Estados Unidos y su compromiso social que la llevo a contribuir al desarrollo del sindicalismo en su región. En el texto se discute su trabajo de campo en cuatro casos, en Melanesia, en el sur de los Estados Unidos, en Hollywood y en el África central, pero sobre todo se presentan los rasgos metodológicos heredados de sus estudios de antropología con Malinowski en Londres y la inspiración metodológica norteamericana resultado de su trabajo con Edward Sapir en Yale en los Estados Unidos. En la primera parte del texto se subraya sus cualidades como profesora de antropología durante treinta años en New York
Barring dangerous speech declared wrong by author
No full textHortense Binderup reviews the ideas of Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn in his new book about free speech and self-government. Dr. Meiklejohn believes that no censorship should exist in a democracy, and that the power of public intelligence is enough. The author notes that the thoughts put forward in this book do not go along with the current political actions of the FBI and House Un-American Activities Committee. The author agrees with the ideas put forth in the book
Hortense Calisher: 03-07-1979
No full textIn an interview conducted on March 8th, 1979, Hortense Calisher recounts the beginning of her career as an author with the short story series In the Absence of Angels. Calisher discusses the autobiographical influence on her fiction and the fear of being pigeonholed as a regional or feminist writer. Calisher describes the bias that some critics have when reviewing fiction due to their own personal vendetta, specifically with her 1969 novel The New Yorkers. Finally, Calisher describes an upcoming novel depicting her time spent in Iran.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/writers_videos/1058/thumbnail.jp
Hortense Calisher: 03-07-1979
No full textIn an interview conducted on March 8th, 1979, Hortense Calisher recounts the beginning of her career as an author with the short story series In the Absence of Angels. Calisher discusses the autobiographical influence on her fiction and the fear of being pigeonholed as a regional or feminist writer. Calisher describes the bias that some critics have when reviewing fiction due to their own personal vendetta, specifically with her 1969 novel The New Yorkers. Finally, Calisher describes an upcoming novel depicting her time spent in Iran.Archived web contentSUNY BrockportWriters Forum Video
Process versus power; studies in modern culture.
No full textMode of access: Internet.Anthropology CB425.A63: copy 2: Hortense Powdermaker
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Three from the margins of anthropology: Hurston, Bohannan and Powdermaker
No full textI argue for the importance of 3 marginalized works by women anthropologists: Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston; Return to Laughter by Laura Bohannan; and Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist by Hortense Powdermaker. It is not generally recognized that these works prefigured recent experimental anthropology and provided innovative possibilities for the discipline. Their marginalization was the result of many factors: I focus mainly on the refusal of anthropology (until very recently) to give due credit to its non-scientific side, and the consistent devaluation of women's work within anthropology. I analyze and compare the texts, concentrating on narrative style, use of dialogue, use of authoritative voice, treatment of racism, the author's view of herself and her text, and the text's placement in or between the genres of autobiography, anthropology and fiction. I conclude the anthropological canon should be redefined to include works such as these
Hortense Calisher
No full textHortense Calisher visited The College at Brockport in March 1979. She was an award-winning writer of fiction, and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Archived web contentSUNY BrockportWriters Forum Author Photo
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