Germaine Dieterlen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1903
- Place of birth
- Paris, France, EU
- Died
- November 13, 1999
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.
Movies with Germaine Dieterlen
- The Dreamed Films 2010 · ★ 7.3
- Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen 1977
- Germaine chez elle 1994
- Germaine et ses copains 1996
Movies directed by Germaine Dieterlen
- Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani 1970 · ★ 7.0
- Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé 1972 · ★ 10.0
- The Burial of the Hogon 1973 · ★ 8.0
- Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm 1966 · ★ 10.0
- Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai 1979 · ★ 7.0
- Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo 1967
- Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death 1981