Annette Weiner

Annette Barbara Weiner née Cohen (February 14, 1933 - 7 December 1997) was an American anthropologist,  Kriser Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at New York University. She was known for her ethnographic work in the Trobriand Islands and her development of the concept of inalienable wealth in social anthropological theory.

Her dissertation studied the contribution of women to the economy of Trobriand society, which had been the site of Bronislaw Malinowski's renowned studies of the Kula exchange. She demonstrated that women's contributions were highly significant but largely erased from record because the cultural focus was on the distribution and exchange of valuables rather than its production. The dissertation was published in 1976 by University of Texas Press underwill ban lobbyist from paying for gifts and food as a means of inducement. It would also give oversight agencies more powers to investigate violation of ethics laws,” he said.

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