Ronald Frankenberg | |
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Born | |
Died | 20 November 2015 | (aged 86)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Cambridge University, Manchester University |
Known for | medical anthropology |
Spouse | Pauline Frankenberg |
Awards | Bronislaw Malinowski Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | anthropology, sociology |
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Ronald Frankenberg (20 October 1929 – 20 November 2015) was a British anthropologist and sociologist, known for his study of conflict and decision-making in a Welsh village. He also contributed to the development of medical anthropology.
Frankenberg was a member of the Manchester School of British Social Anthropology.
Frankenberg was born in London on 20 October 1929 to Louis and Sarah Frankenberg.[1] He obtained a degree at Cambridge University and completed his MA and PhD at the University of Manchester.[2] He was a student of Max Gluckman. For his PhD, he studied the complexities and conflict in a Welsh mining community called Glyn Ceiriog.[1] This research was published as Village on the Border.[1]
Frankenberg began teaching anthropology at Keele University in 1969.[2] He was involved in studies concerning children in film, AIDS literature, and representations of death in the twentieth century.[3] His works during the 1970s are considered to be among those by socially-oriented physicians that led to the emergence of critical medical anthropology in the United States and the United Kingdom.[4] In his later years, Frankenberg was active in promoting this field in the United States.[4]
Frankenberg was married to Dr. Pauline Frankenberg (née Hunt),[2] author of Gender and Class Consciousness (1980). One of his daughters was sociologist Ruth Frankenberg.[5]