Jeannette Mageo
Jeannette Marie Mageo (1947 – February 12, 2023) was an American psychological anthropologist at Washington State University. She was known for her anthropological work that focused on dreams and the self, attachment and childhood, gender and sexuality.
Education and career
[edit]Mageo was born in 1947.[1] She received her B.A. at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 1970 and her doctoral degree, in psychological anthropology, at the University of California, Santa Cruz,[2] in 1979. Her dissertation was titled "The image and the soul. An Anthropological Critique of Jung’s Psychology." She subsequently worked at multiple institutions including American Samoa Community College, the University of California at Los Angeles, University College London, and the University of Hawaiʻi. In 1993 she joined Washington State University as an assistant professor and was then promoted by professor in 2003.[2]
Mageo died on February 12, 2023.[3]
Selected publications
[edit]- 1996 Spirits in Culture, History, and Mind. Co-edited with Alan Howard (University of Hawai'i). Routledge.[4]
- 1998 Theorizing Self in Samoa: Emotions, Genders and Sexualities. University of Michigan Press.[5]
- 2001 Cultural Memory: Reconfiguring History and Identity in the Pacific. Edited volume. University of Hawai’i Press.[6]
- 2002 Power and the Self. Edited volume. Cambridge University Press.[7]
- 2003 Dreaming and the Self: New Perspectives on Subjectivity, Identity, and Emotion. Edited volume. State University of New York Press.[8]
- Mageo, Jeannette Marie (2022). "The Mimetic Nature of Dream Mentation: American Selves in Re-formation". Culture, Mind, and Society. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90231-5. ISSN 2637-6806.
Honors and awards
[edit]Her 2022 book, The Mimetic Nature of Dream Mentation, was awarded the Boyer Prize by the Society for Psychological Anthropology.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mageo, Jeannette Marie, 1947-". NYPL. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ a b "CV for Jeannette Mageo". Washington State University. Archived from the original on June 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam-Dr. Jeannette Mageo | Anthropology | Washington State University". Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ Reviews of Spirits in Culture, History, and Mind
- Finn, Mark (1996). "Review of Spirits in Culture, History, and Mind". Journal of Religion and Health. 35 (3): 264–265. ISSN 0022-4197.
- Barker, John (1997). "Review of Spirits in Culture, History, and Mind". The Contemporary Pacific. 9 (2): 527–529. ISSN 1043-898X.
- Bourguignon, Erika (1997). "Review of Spirits in Culture, History, and Mind". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 36 (3): 474–474. doi:10.2307/1387867. ISSN 0021-8294.
- ^ Reviews of Theorizing Self in Samoa
- Scheder, Jo C. (2000). "Review of Theorizing Self in Samoa: Emotions, Genders, and Sexualities". American Anthropologist. 102 (3): 664–665. ISSN 0002-7294.
- Drozdow-St. Christian, Douglass (2000). "Review of Theorizing Self in Samoa: Emotions, Genders and Sexualities". American Ethnologist. 27 (1): 202–203. ISSN 0094-0496.
- ^ Reviews of Cultural Memory
- Belshaw, Cyril (2002). "Review of Cultural Memory: Reconfiguring History and Identity in the Postcolonial Pacific". Pacific Affairs. 75 (1): 151–151. doi:10.2307/4127281. ISSN 0030-851X.
- Boẑić-Vrbanĉić, Senka (2001). "Review of Cultural Memory: Reconfiguring History and Identity in the Postcolonial Pacific". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 110 (4): 422–424. ISSN 0032-4000.
- Luker, Vicki (2003). "Review of Cultural Memory: Reconfiguring History and Identity in the Postcolonial Pacific". The Journal of Pacific History. 38 (2): 283–284. ISSN 0022-3344.
- ^ Reviews of Power and the Self
- Weiss, Brad (2004). "Review of Power and the Self". Cambridge Anthropology. 24 (1): 63–65. ISSN 0305-7674.
- Morris, Brian (2003). "Review of Power and the Self". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 9 (1): 163–164. ISSN 1359-0987.
- ^ Review of Dreaming and the Self
- Price-Williams, Douglass (2004). "Review of Dreaming and the Self: New Perspectives on Subjectivity, Identity, and Emotion". Journal of Anthropological Research. 60 (1): 138–140. ISSN 0091-7710.