Background

Wagner, Roy was born on October 2, 1938 in Cleveland. Son of Richard Robert and Florence Helen (Mueller) Wagner.

Education

Wagner received a Bachelor of Arts in Medieval History from Harvard University (1961), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from the University of Chicago (1966), where he studied under David M. Schneider.

Career

He taught at Southern Illinois University and Northwestern University before accepting the chairmanship of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, where he currently teaches. He resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. () () () () () () () 1977 - “Scientific and Indigenous Papuan Conceptualizations of the Innate”, in Bayliss-Smith, Timothy e Feachem, Richard (ed), Subsistence and Survival (New York: Academic Press).

Achievements

• Roy Wagner has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Invention of Culture (Phoenix Book)

    ( The Invention of Culture, one of the most important wor...)

  • The Invention of Culture

    ( In anthropology, a field that is known for its critical...)

  • An Anthropology of the Subject: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and Its Meaning and Significance for the World of Anthropology

    ( An Anthropology of the Subject rounds out the theoretic...)

  • Symbols that Stand for Themselves

    ( This important new work by Roy Wagner is about the auto...)

  • Habu: The Innovation of Meaning in Daribi Religion by Roy Wagner (1973-01-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Lethal Speech: Daribi Myth As Symbolic Obviation (Symbol, Myth and Ritual)
  • Symbols That Stand for Themselves
  • Invention of Culture (Prentice-Hall anthropology series) by Roy Wagner (1975-05-03)
  • Symbols that Stand for Themselves Paperback - May 17, 1989
  • Symbols that Stand for Themselves by Roy Wagner (1989-05-17)
  • (Symbols That Stand for Themselves) Author: Roy Wagner published on (May, 1989)
  • Habu: The Innovation of Meaning in Daribi Religion

Membership

Fellow American Anthropol. Association.

Interests

• Avocation: student hot-air balloon pilot.

Connections

Married Brenda Sue Geilhausen, June 14, 1968 (divorced December 1994). Children: Erika Susan, Jonathan Richard.

Father:

Richard Robert Wagner

Mother:

Florence Helen (Mueller) Wagner

Spouse:

Brenda Sue Geilhausen

child:

Erika Susan Wagner

child:

Jonathan Richard Wagner