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词条 Audrey Smedley
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. External links

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University of Manchester (PhD)
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Audrey Smedley (born 1930) is an American social anthropologist and Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University in anthropology and African-American studies.

Early life and education

Smedley received her B.A. and M.A. in history and anthropology from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester in the UK, based on field research in northern Nigeria. She has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in social anthropology, African societies and cultures, the history of anthropology, and anthropological theory.

Career

Smedley has written on the history of anthropology and the origin and evolution of the idea of human races since the late 1970s. Her research interests also include comparative slavery, human ecological adaptation, and the roles of women in patrilineal societies.

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060828004616/http://www.has.vcu.edu/soc/smedley.htm Faculty page]
  • [https://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-02-06.htm PBS interview] for the program "Race: the Power of an Illusion".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9126111 |title=Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black History |accessdate=2007-12-30 |author=Audrey Smedley |authorlink= |date=2007 |work=race |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.}}
  • {{worldcat id|lccn-n92-65392}}
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5 : 1930 births|African-American academics|American anthropologists|Living people|University of Michigan alumni

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