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

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village. He also contributed to the development of medical anthropology. Frankenberg was a member of the Manchester School of British

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Biography

Frankenberg was born in

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on 20 October 1929 to Louis and Sarah Frankenberg. He obtained a degree at

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and completed his MA and PhD at the

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. He was a student of

Max Gluckman Herman Max Gluckman (; 26 January 1911 – 13 April 1975) was a South African and British social anthropologist. He is best known as the founder of the Manchester School of anthropology. Biography and major works Gluckman was born in Joha ...

. For his PhD, he studied the complexities and conflict in a Welsh mining community called Glyn Ceiriog. This research was published as ''Village on the Border''. Frankenberg began teaching anthropology at

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in 1969. He was involved in studies concerning children in film, AIDS literature, and representations of death in the twentieth century. 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. In his later years, Frankenberg was active in promoting this field in the United States. Frankenberg was married to Dr. Pauline Frankenberg (née Hunt), author of ''Gender and Class Consciousness'' (1980). One of his daughters was sociologist

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Publications

* ''Village on the Border'' (1957) * ''Communities in Britain'' (1966)

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External links

interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 5 July 1983 (video)Ronald Frankenberg at "Pioneers of Qualitative Research" from the Economic and Social Data Service
{{DEFAULTSORT:Frankenberg, Ronald British anthropologists Academics of Keele University 1929 births 2015 deaths

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