Margaret Williamson Huber
Biographic Data
| ID | 161515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Williamson Huber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret Williamson |
| FAMILY NAME | Huber |
| SIGNATURE | HUBER M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mary Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1904 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Video means "I See"
The essays in this collection demonstrate that visual media are a more than acceptable substitute for introducing students to ethnographic practice, either on their own or as a complement to face-to-face enquiry.
"Captain John Smith's Indian "Maskarado
A frequently overlooked bit of seventeenth-century Powhatan Indian ethnography is Capt. John Smith's enigmatic description of a women's transvestite dance that he witnessed on a visit to the Powhatan principal town, Werowocomoco, in 1608. While he took this to be an impromptu entertainment for his benefit, this paper argues that it was the conclusion of extensive harvest celebrations, and that it ushered in a new year. After Smith's description t…
Teaching Star Trek as Anthropology
The original Star Trek television show is a “natural” for teaching anthropology. Like all science fi ction, the show is a refl ection of contemporary concerns--a form of mythology. Beyond this, the original show relied extensively on anthropological theory and ethnography in the construction of its plots. The author’s undergraduate course, described in this paper, aims to make students aware of these and also of the concerns of the nineteen-sixti…
Contributions Towards Bantu Philology
Journal Article CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS BANTU PHILOLOGY Get access P. H. BRINCKER, Litt. Dr. P. H. BRINCKER, Litt. Dr. Missionary in South-West Africa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 3, Issue XI, April 1904, Pages 300–305, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093295 Published: 01 April 1904
"Captain John Smith's Indian "Maskarado
A frequently overlooked bit of seventeenth-century Powhatan Indian ethnography is Capt. John Smith's enigmatic description of a women's transvestite dance that he witnessed on a visit to the Powhatan principal town, Werowocomoco, in 1608. While he took this to be an impromptu entertainment for his benefit, this paper argues that it was the conclusion of extensive harvest celebrations, and that it ushered in a new year. After Smith's description t…
Contributions Towards Bantu Philology
Journal Article CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS BANTU PHILOLOGY Get access P. H. BRINCKER, Litt. Dr. P. H. BRINCKER, Litt. Dr. Missionary in South-West Africa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 3, Issue XI, April 1904, Pages 300–305, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a093295 Published: 01 April 1904
Teaching Star Trek as Anthropology
The original Star Trek television show is a “natural” for teaching anthropology. Like all science fi ction, the show is a refl ection of contemporary concerns--a form of mythology. Beyond this, the original show relied extensively on anthropological theory and ethnography in the construction of its plots. The author’s undergraduate course, described in this paper, aims to make students aware of these and also of the concerns of the nineteen-sixti…
Video means "I See"
The essays in this collection demonstrate that visual media are a more than acceptable substitute for introducing students to ethnographic practice, either on their own or as a complement to face-to-face enquiry.
"Captain John Smith's Indian "Maskarado
A frequently overlooked bit of seventeenth-century Powhatan Indian ethnography is Capt. John Smith's enigmatic description of a women's transvestite dance that he witnessed on a visit to the Powhatan principal town, Werowocomoco, in 1608. While he took this to be an impromptu entertainment for his benefit, this paper argues that it was the conclusion of extensive harvest celebrations, and that it ushered in a new year. After Smith's description t…
Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Bantu languages (1 work)