Edith L. B. Turner

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:anthropologist
gptkb:person
author
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:awarded Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing (posthumously, with Victor Turner)
gptkbp:birthDate 1921
gptkbp:birthName Edith Lucy Brocklesby Turner
gptkbp:children four
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Victor_Turner
gptkbp:deathDate 2016
gptkbp:editor Anthropology and Humanism
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Virginia
gptkbp:field anthropology
religious studies
ritual studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edith L. B. Turner
gptkbp:knownFor work on ritual and healing
collaborative fieldwork with Victor Turner
studies of the Ndembu people
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Experiencing_Ritual
gptkb:The_Spirit_and_the_Drum
Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture
gptkbp:researchInterest gptkb:ritual
gptkb:Ndembu_people
healing
spirit possession
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Victor_Turner
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edith_Turner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6