Hilda Kuper
| Hilda Kuper | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1911 Rhodesia |
| Died | 1992 Los Angeles, California |
| Fields | Social anthropology |
| Institutions | UCLA |
| Alma mater | University of Witwatersrand London School of Economics |
| Thesis | 'An African Aristocracy: Rank among the Swazi' (1947) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bronisław Malinowski |
| Spouse | Leo Kuper |
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Hilda Beemer Kuper, née Beemer (23 August 1911 – 1992), was a social anthropologist most notable for her extensive work on Swazi culture. Born to Lithuanian Jewish and Austrian Jewish parents in Bulawayo, she moved to South Africa after the death of her father. She studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and, afterwards, at the London School of Economics under Malinowski.
In 1934, after winning a fellowship to study in Swaziland, Kuper befriended King Sobhuza II who, together with Malinowski, helped to settle her into place at the Royal village of Lobamba, where she would pursue her research. Her publications on Swazi culture would include the two-part dissertation, An African Aristocracy: Rank among the Swazi (1947) and The Uniform of Colour: a Study of White–Black Relationships in Swaziland (1947), and The Swazi: a South African Kingdom (1963).
Some years later, in Durban, Kuper became a founder member of the Liberal Party in Natal, as well as authoring Indian People in Natal (1960).[1]
In 1961 Kuper moved to Los Angeles, where she took up a teaching post at UCLA. In 1969 she won a Guggenheim fellowship,[2] and in 1978 published an extensive, official biography of Sobhuza II, King Sobhuza II, Ngwenyama and King of Swaziland.[3]
Personal life
She was married to Leo Kuper in 1936, with whom she had two daughters.
References
External links
- Biography at Minnesota State University at the Wayback Machine (archived May 28, 2010)
- Archive at the University of California
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