Andrew Jamieson Strathern (born 19 January 1939) is a British anthropologist.

Strathern earned a doctorate at the University of Cambridge, and teaches at the University of Pittsburgh, where he serves as Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology.[1] He is married to Pamela J. Stewart, a fellow anthropologist employed at Pitt. A collection of their joint work is held at the University of Pittsburgh, as the Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern Archive,[2] and at the University of California, San Diego, as the Strathern (Andrew) and Pamela J. Stewart Photographs and Audiorecordings.[3] Andrew Strathern is a fellow of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.[4] He was previously married to Marilyn Strathern.

Selected publications

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  • Strathern, Andrew (1971). The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521099578.[5]
  • Strathern, Andrew; Strathern, Marilyn (1971). Self Decoration In Mount Hagen. Backworth. ISBN 9780715605165.[6]
  • Strathern, Andrew (1972). One Father, One Blood: Descent and Group Structure Among the Melpa People. Australian National University Research School of Social Sciences. ISBN 9780708106990.[7]
  • Strathern, Andrew (1979). Ongka: A Self Account By A New Guinea Big Man. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780312585662.[8]
  • Strathern, Andrew (1982). Inequality in New Guinea Highlands Societies. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521244893.[9]
  • Strathern, Andrew (1984). A Line of Power. Tavistock Publications. ISBN 9780422789004.[10]
  • Strathern, Andrew (1996). Body Thoughts. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472065806.[11]
  • Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela (1999). Curing and Healing: Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 9780890899427.[12]
  • Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela (2000). Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History. Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873386616.[13]
  • Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela (2010). Kinship in Action: Self and Group. Routledge. ISBN 9780131844841.[14]
  • Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela, et al. (2017), OceaniaAn Introduction to the Cultures and Identities of Pacific Islanders. 2nd ed. Carolina Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-53100-409-5

References

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  1. ^ "Andrew J. Strathern". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Pamela J. Stewart & Andrew J. Strathern Archive". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Strathern (Andrew) and Pamela J. Stewart Photographs and Audiorecordings". Online Archives of California. Retrieved 2 January 2022. Alternate link
  4. ^ "ANDREW STRATHERN (FELLOW)". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ Wagner, Roy (December 1972). "Ethnology: The Rope of Moka: Big-Men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea. ANDREW STRATHERN". American Anthropologist. 74 (6): 1415–1416. doi:10.1525/aa.1972.74.6.02a00440.
  6. ^ Lewis, Phillip H. (April 1973). "Ethnology: Self-Decoration in Mount Hagen. ANDREW STRATHERN and MARILYN STRATHERN". American Anthropologist. 72 (5): 436. doi:10.1525/aa.1973.75.2.02a00490.
  7. ^ Glasse, Robert M. (October 1974). "Ethnology: One Father, One Blood: Descent and Group Structure Among the Melpa People. ANDREW STRATHERN". American Anthropologist. 76 (4): 909–910. doi:10.1525/aa.1974.76.4.02a00560.
  8. ^ Lindenbaum, Shirley (December 1980). "Ethnology: Ongka: A Self-Account by a New Guinea Big-Man. Andrew Strathern". American Anthropologist. 82 (4): 918–919. doi:10.1525/aa.1980.82.4.02a00640.
  9. ^ Reviews include:
  10. ^ Lederman, Rena (September 1986). "Social/Cultural Anthropology: A Line of Power. Andrew Strathern". American Anthropologist. 88 (3): 751–752. doi:10.1525/aa.1986.88.3.02a00640.
  11. ^ Lamb, Sarah (August 1998). "Body Thoughts". American Ethnologist. 25 (3): 509. doi:10.1525/ae.1998.25.3.509.1.
  12. ^ Samuelson, Helle (March 2001). "Curing and Healing: Medical Anthropology in Global Perspective; Everyday Spirits and Medical Interventions: Ethnographic and Historical Notes on Therapeutic Conventions in Zanzibar Town; Some Spirits Heal, Others Only Dance: A Journey into Human Selfhood in an African Village; The Straight Path of the Spirit: Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji; Healing Makes Our Hearts Happy: Spirituality and Cultural Transformations among the Ju!'hoansi". Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 15 (1): 130–134. doi:10.1525/maq.2001.15.1.130.
  13. ^ Wesch, Michael (2002). "Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart, Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History". Pacific Studies (3).
  14. ^ Pazhoohi, Farid (2013). "Kinship in Action: Self and Group". Ethnobiology Letters. 4. doi:10.14237/ebl.4.2013.20.
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