Background
Annette Barbara Weiner was born on February 14, 1933, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Weiner was a 1968 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA
Weiner received her doctorate degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1974.
Austin, TX 78712, USA
Weiner was an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Texas until joining the faculty at New York University in 1981.
New York, NY 10003, USA
Since 1981, Weiner had held the position of chairwoman of the anthropology department and dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences at New York University.
Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Weiner was a 1968 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA
Weiner received her doctorate degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1974.
Austin, TX 78712, USA
Weiner was an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Texas until joining the faculty at New York University in 1981.
New York, NY 10003, USA
Since 1981, Weiner had held the position of chairwoman of the anthropology department and dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences at New York University.
(This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the ...)
This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, makes an interesting comparison with the work of pioneer ethnographer Bronislaw Malinowski, who conducted his seminal research there between 1915 and 1918.
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1983
(This re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guin...)
This re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea, the people described in Malinowski's classic ethnographic work of the early 20th century, provides a balanced view of the society from a male and female perspective, including coverage of new discoveries about the importance of woman's work and wealth in the society.
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1988
(Cloth and Human Experience explores a wide variety of cul...)
Cloth and Human Experience explores a wide variety of cultures and eras, discussing production and trade, economics, and symbolic and spiritual associations.
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1989
(The paradox of keeping-while-giving is a concept certain ...)
The paradox of keeping-while-giving is a concept certain to influence future developments in ethnography and the theoretical study of gender and exchange.
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1992
anthropologist educator author
Annette Barbara Weiner was born on February 14, 1933, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
A 1968 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Weiner received her doctorate degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1974.
Weiner closely followed the work of anthropological pioneer Bronislav Malinovski by studying the people of Trobriand and other Asian and Pacific Rim cultures. She was an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Texas until joining the faculty at New York University in 1981 as chairwoman of the anthropology department. She eventually became dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences there.
She was also an editor of Reality and the Camera: Essays in Ethnographic Film Theory: A Comparative Model of Reproduction in the Pacific, and Cloth and Human Experience (1989).
Weiner made a name in the 1970s for her studies into the culture of the aboriginal people of the Trobriand Islands in the southwest Pacific. She detailed her work in the 1976 book Women of Value, Men of Renown: New Perspectives in Trobriand Exchange.
Weiner also wrote The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea (1989), Bilan du Film Ethnographique (1991), Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving (1992), and was a contributor to Women in History: Studies in the Colonization of Precapitalist Societies (1979), New Perspectives on the Kula (1980), and Sexual Meaning.
(This re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guin...)
1988(This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the ...)
1983(Cloth and Human Experience explores a wide variety of cul...)
1989(The paradox of keeping-while-giving is a concept certain ...)
1992Weiner was a founding member and president of the Society for Cultural Anthropology and president of the American Anthropological Association.
Weiner was married.
