Ruth Bunzel

Ruth Bunzel
Born(1898-04-18)April 18, 1898
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 14, 1990(1990-01-14) (aged 91)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materBarnard College; Columbia University
Known forAnthropological study of Native American culture
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropologist; Ethnographer
InstitutionsBarnard College; Columbia University
Thesis The Pueblo Potter: A Study of Creative Imagination in Primitive Art (1929)
Academic advisorsFranz Boas; Ruth Benedict

Ruth Leah Bunzel (née Bernheim) (18 April 1898 – 14 January 1990) was an American anthropologist, known for studying creativity and art among the Zuni people (A:Shiwi), researching the Mayas in Guatemala, and conducting a comparative study of alcoholism in Guatemala and Mexico.[1] Bunzel was the first American anthropologist to conduct substantial research in Guatemala.[2] Her doctoral dissertation, The Pueblo Potter (1929) was a study of the creative process of art in anthropology[3] and Bunzel was one of the first anthropologists to study the creative process.[1][4][5][6][7]

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  2. ^ French, Brigittine M. (2005). "Partial Truths and Gendered Histories: Ruth Bunzel in American Anthropology". Journal of Anthropological Research. 61 (4): 513–532. doi:10.3998/jar.0521004.0061.404. ISSN 0091-7710. JSTOR 3631539. S2CID 146849748.
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  4. ^ "Ruth Leah Bunzel", Jewish Women's Archives
  5. ^ French, B. M. (2005). "Partial truths and gendered histories: Ruth Bunzel in American anthropology", Journal of Anthropological Research, 513-532.
  6. ^ Murphy, Robert F. (1991). "Anthropology at Columbia: A reminiscence," Dialectical Anthropology, 16(1), 65-81.
  7. ^ Woodbury, N. F. (1991). "Ruth Leah Bunzel," in International Dictionary of Anthropologists. New York and London: Garland, S, 86.

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