Germaine Dieterlen
Directing
Born: 1903-05-15 · Paris, France, EU
Died: 1999-11-13
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 (11)
The Dreamed Films
2010
Self
Germaine et ses copains
1996
herself
Germaine chez elle
1994
herself
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
1981
Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979
Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
1977
herself
The Burial of the Hogon
1973
Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
1972
Director
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
1970
Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
1967
Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
1966
Director