Andrew Jamieson Strathern (born 19 January 1939) is a British anthropologist.
Strathern earned a doctorate at the University of Cambridge, and teaches at the University of Pittsburgh, where he serves as Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology.[1] He is married to Pamela J. Stewart, a fellow anthropologist employed at Pitt. A collection of their joint work is held at the University of Pittsburgh, as the Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern Archive,[2] and at the University of California, San Diego, as the Strathern (Andrew) and Pamela J. Stewart Photographs and Audiorecordings.[3] Andrew Strathern is a fellow of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.[4] He was previously married to Marilyn Strathern.
Selected publications
Strathern, Andrew (1971). The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen, New Guinea. Cambridge University Press.
Strathern, Andrew (1972). One Father, One Blood: Descent and Group Structure Among the Melpa People. Australian National University Research School of Social Sciences.
Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela (2000). Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition, and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History. Kent State University Press.
Strathern, Andrew; Stewart, Pamela, et al. (2017), OceaniaAn Introduction to the Cultures and Identities of Pacific Islanders. 2nd ed. Carolina Academic Press.
