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Barbara Myerhoff

Born

in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

February 16, 1935

Died

January 07, 1985

Website

http://jwa.org/historymakers/myerhoff

Genre

Anthropology & Sociology

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Myerhoff was an anthropologist, a filmmaker, and the founder of the Center for Visual Anthropology at the University of Southern California.

Myerhoff is best known for her work with the Jewish community in Venice, California. This was first documented in the 1976 ethnographic film Number Our Days, directed by Lynne Littman. She published the book Number Our Days in 1979. Number Our Days was performed as a play at the Mark Taper Forum in 1982.

Her next project, In Her Own Time was taken over by Lynne Littman and Vikram Jayanti when Myerhoff was diagnosed with cancer. She died in 1985.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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	Number Our Days: A Triumph of Continuity and Culture Among Jewish Old People in an Urban Ghetto by Barbara Myerhoff, Victor Turner (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 485 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories as Equipment for Living: Last Talks and Tales of Barbara Myerhoff by Barbara Myerhoff, Jack Kugelmass (Foreword), Thomas R. Cole (Introduction) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembered Lives: The Work of Ritual, Storytelling, and Growing Older by Barbara Myerhoff, Marc Kaminsky (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feminization Of America: How womens values are changing our public and private lives by Elinor Lenz, Barbara Myerhoff 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Number Our Days: A Triumph of Continuity and Culture Among Jewish Old People in an Urban Ghetto by Barbara Myerhoff (1980-05-09) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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