The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) by Lee, Richard B.(February 4, 2003) Paperback
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Dimensions: 6.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780155063334
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Print length: 249 pages
Publication date: February 4, 2003
ISBN-13: 978-0155063334
Edition: 3rd
subtitle: 3rd Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Richard B. Lee Page search results Richard B. Lee
review: Editorial Reviews About the Author Richard Lee (B.A. and M.A., University of Toronto; Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley) is a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto and a member of the faculty of the Centre for International Health. He has held academic appointments at Harvard, Rutgers, and Columbia Universities, and research positions at Stanford, the Australian National University, and Kyoto University. His current research interests include the social and cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS, human rights and indigenous peoples, critical medical anthropology gender relations, and the politics of culture. He is internationally known for his studies of hunting-and-gathering societies, particularly the Ju/hoansi-!Kung San of Botswana. His book the !Kung San (1979) was honored by inclusion on a list of the 100 most important works of science of the 20th century by the journal American Scientist (1999, November). A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and past president of the Canadian Anthropology Society, Dr. Lee has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Alaska and Guelph University for his research and advocacy on behalf of indigenous peoples.