Interview of Jack Goody, 18 May 1991
Description
An interview of about 90 minutes, conducted by Eric Hobsbawm
and filmed by Alan Macfarlane
Abstract
Jack Goody describes his education, his time as a prisoner of war
in Italy, his later career as a distinguished anthropologist in Cambridge.
He draws attention to the influence of thinkers such as Gordon Childe, and
his interest in the wide contrasts between Africa and Eur-Asia
Keywords
anthropology, Cambridge, west Africa, culture, literacy, kinship
Identifiers
This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/268