Edith Turner (anthropologist)

Edith Turner (June 17, 1921 – June 18, 2016) was an English-American anthropologist, poet, and post-secondary educator. The spouse of anthropologist Victor Witter Turner ("Vic"; 1920–1983), "Edie" Turner was accomplished in her own right. In addition to collaborating with her husband on a number of early socio-cultural research projects concerning healing, ritual and communitas, she continued to develop these topics following his death in 1983, especially communitas. Edith Turner contributed to the study of humanistic anthropology and was a dedicated social activist her entire life.[1]

Early life

Edith Lucy Brocklesby Davis was born in Ely, England, on June 17, 1921, to Reverend Dr. George Brocklesby Davis and his wife Lucy Gertrude Davis (formerly Howard).[1] She attended the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, from 1933 to 1936 for her secondary education. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1938 from Alde House Domestic Science College.[2]

Davis met her husband Victor Turner during World War II, while working as a "land girl" (agricultural labourer) in the Women's Land Army. He was serving as a noncombatant.[1] They were married on January 30, 1943, and had a total of five children together.[2] They include scientist Robert Turner, poet Frederick Turner, and Rory Turner, an anthropology professor at Goucher College.

Move to the United States

In the 1950s she and her family moved to the United States, where her husband had a position at the University of Chicago.

As Edith Turner, she completed her master's degree in 1980 through the University of Virginia. In addition, she studied at Cape Town University, Princeton University, and Smith College.[2]

Selected works

  • with Victor W. Turner (co-author), Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture (1978), Columbia University Press 1995 paperback: ISBN 0-231-04287-6
  • Turner, Edith. 2012. Communitas: The Anthropology of Collective Joy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Turner, Edith Lucy Brocklesby". Daily Progress. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Edith Turner's Curriculum Vitae". University of Virginia.
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