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Rosalie Hankey Wax

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Rosalie Hankey Wax
BornNovember 4, 1911
Died1998 (aged 86–87)
EducationPhD from University of Chicago in 1950
SpouseMurray Wax (1949-1987)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsEmory University
University of Chicago
University of Kansas
Washington University in St. Louis

Rosalie Wax (1911 – 1998) was a noted American Anthropologist who during the second world war researched interned Japanese-Americans and later Native Americans. She taught at the University of Chicago, University of Kansas and at Washington University.[1]

Selected publications

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  • Wax, R. (1971). Doing fieldwork: Warnings and advice. University of Chicago Press.
  • Wax, Murray, and Rosalie Wax. (1963) "The notion of magic." Current Anthropology 4, no. 5 495–518.
  • Wax, R. H., & Thomas, R. K. (1961). American Indians and white people. Phylon. 22(4), 305–317.
  • Wax, R. (1952). Field methods and techniques: Reciprocity as a field technique. Human Organization, 11(3), 34–37.
  • Wax, R. H. (1979). Gender and age in fieldwork and fieldwork education: No good thing is done by any man alone. Social Problems, 26(5), 509–522.
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References

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  1. ^ "Guide to the Rosalie Hankey Wax Papers 1967-1998". www.lib.uchicago.edu.