About
Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.
Filmography
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death1981 · Director
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai1979 · Director
The Burial of the Hogon1973 · Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé1972 · Director
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani1970 · Director
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo1967 · Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm1966 · Director