Background
Frankel, Barbara Brown was born on December 24, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Paul and Sarah (Magil) Brown.
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Transforming Identities: Context, Power and Ideology in a Therapeutic Community (American University Studies. Series XI, Anthropology and Sociology)
(Addict rehabilitation is best thought of as a process of ...)
Addict rehabilitation is best thought of as a process of transforming identities - that is, of making reprobate street characters that society labels «drunks,» «pill freaks,» «junkies,» and the like into decent members of respectable society. This process, as carried on in a therapeutic community of the early 70's called Eagleville Hospital, is described in this book from the perspective of an anthropological participant-observer who lived for a time with a women's therapy group. What she saw was a world in which both staff and patients reside within a radically restructured social and cultural ambience. In this «brave new world» most contexts of daily life are affected, particularly with respect to their ideological content and relations of power. It is, therefore, these aspects of Eagleville's reality-system that the analysis is focused upon. The goal is to unpack the elements of the identity-transformation process.
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Childbirth in the ghetto: Folk beliefs of Negro women in a North Philadelphia hospital ward
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Barbara Brown Frankel
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Barbara Brown Frankel, American Cultural anthropologist. Achievements include research on utopian/therapeutic communities, urban society, epistemology of anthropology. Graduate fellowship for Women Danforth Foundation, Princeton University, 1969-1973; predoctoral fellowship American Association of University Women, 1971-1972; research grant Mellon Faculty Devel.Grant, Boston University, 1980-1981, Provost's Research award Lehigh University, 1987.
Education
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1947. Bachelor, Goddard College, 1966. Master of Arts in Anthropology, Temple University, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1974.
Career
Assistant professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1973-1977; associate professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1977-1985; associate dean arts and science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1981-1983; professor anthropology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1985-1993; professor emerita, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, since 1994; research associate professor, Boston University, 1980-1981.
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Works
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Transforming Identities: Context, Power and Ideology in a Therapeutic Community (American University Studies. Series XI, Anthropology and Sociology)
(Addict rehabilitation is best thought of as a process of ...)
- Childbirth in the ghetto: Folk beliefs of Negro women in a North Philadelphia hospital ward
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Transforming Identities: Context, Power and Ideology in a Therapeutic Community (American University Studies. Series XI, Anthropology and Sociology)
Membership
Board directors Pinebrook Services for Children and Youth, Whitehall, Pennsylvania, 1987—1993. Fellow American Anthropological Association (ethics commission 1994-1997), Society for Applied Anthropology (chairman ethics committee 1986-1988). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia Anthropological Society (president 1988), League of Women Voters (board directors Bethlehem area 1993—2008, chairman study committee 1994-1997, president 1997-1999, program chair 1999-2001), Phi Beta Kappa (president Beta chapter 1989-1990).
Connections
Married Herbert L. Frankel, February 27, 1949 (deceased September 1976). Children: Claire R. Sholes, Joan L. Frankel, David S. Frankel. Married Donald T. Campbell, March 19, 1983 (deceased May 1996).
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Democrat
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Graduate fellowship for Women Danforth Foundation, Princeton University, 1969-1973. Predoctoral fellowship American Association of University Women, 1971-1972. Research grant Mellon Faculty Development Grant, Boston University, 1980-1981, Provost's Research award Lehigh University, 1987.Graduate fellowship for Women Danforth Foundation, Princeton University, 1969-1973. Predoctoral fellowship American Association of University Women, 1971-1972. Research grant Mellon Faculty Development Grant, Boston University, 1980-1981, Provost's Research award Lehigh University, 1987.