Waterlily
by Ella Cara Deloria · Ella Cara Deloria
Ethnographic novel by Dakota anthropologist Ella Deloria, written in the 1940s and published in 1988, following a Teton Sioux woman's life in the nineteenth century. It gives readers a detailed insider portrait of Lakota kinship rules, ceremonies and camp life.
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Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA)
Site of the Society for Visual Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association. It lists the SVA film festival, awards, and its journal Visual Anthropology Review, helping newcomers find key ethnographic films, practitioners and the institutional landscape of visual and multimodal anthropology.
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Visual Anthropology Review
Peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Visual Anthropology, published by Wiley for the American Anthropological Association. Its articles, film reviews and photo essays cover ethnographic film, photography and multimodal methods, giving readers a view of current scholarly practice and debates in the subfield.
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Official website of the Cultural Anthropology journal, presenting peer‑reviewed articles and essays on culture, ethnography, and global social life. Explore current and past issues, author guidelines, and multimedia content (podcasts, features, and videos) showcasing contemporary anthropological research.