Laura Bohannan
Anthropologist, Award Winner
1922 – 2002
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Who was Laura Bohannan?
Laura Bohannan, pen name Elenore Smith Bowen, was an American cultural anthropologist best known for her 1961 article, "Shakespeare in the Bush." Bohannan also wrote two books during the 1960s, Tiv Economy, with her husband, and Return to Laughter, a novel. These works were based on her travels and work in Africa between 1949 and 1953.
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- Born
- 1922
- Also known as
- Elenore Smith Bowen
- Laura Marie Altman Smith
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, University of Oxford
Anthropology
( - 1951) - University of Arizona
- PhD, University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Illinois
( - 2002/03/19)
- Illinois
- Died
- Mar 19, 2002
Chicago
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on July 23, 2013
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