Jorun Solheim (born 18 November 1944) is a Norwegian

social anthropologist Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In t ...

and women's studies academic, whose work is centered on gender, culture and modernity. She was lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oslo from 1971 to 1983, Researcher at the Work Research Institute from 1981 to 2001 and Professor at the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Oslo from 1994 to 1999. She is currently Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Social Research. In 2007, she became editor-in-chief of Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. She has a mag.art. (i.e. PhD) degree in social anthropology from 1970.

Works

*''Kjønn og modernitet'', 2007 *''Den usynlige hånd?'', 2002 *''Den åpne kroppen'', 1998

References

Social anthropologists Feminist studies scholars Academic staff of the University of Oslo 1944 births Living people Norwegian anthropologists Norwegian feminists Norwegian women anthropologists Postmodern feminists Work Research Institute people {{Anthropologist-stub