Anthropologist. Kathleen Gough was a British anthropologist who was known for her work in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Her work with the Nayar of India inspired her famous definition of marriage as "a relationship established between a woman and one or more other persons, which provides that a child born to the woman under circumstances not prohibited by the rules of the relationship, is accorded full birth-status rights common to normal members of his society or social stratum." Gough completed her doctorate in anthropology from Cambridge University in 1950. As a part of her doctorate work, she did field research in Malabar district from 1947 to 1949. She did further research in Tanjore district from 1950 to 1953 and again in 1976, and in Vietnam in 1976.
She was employed at teaching positions at Brandeis University from 1961 to 1963, the University of Oregon from 1963 to 1967, and Simon Fraser University from 1967 to 1970. She was an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia from 1974 until her death in 1990.
She was employed at teaching positions at Brandeis University from 1961 to 1963, the University of Oregon from 1963 to 1967, and Simon Fraser University from 1967 to 1970. She was an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia from 1974 until her death in 1990.
Anthropologist. Kathleen Gough was a British anthropologist who was known for her work in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Her work with the Nayar of India inspired her famous definition of marriage as "a relationship established between a woman and one or more other persons, which provides that a child born to the woman under circumstances not prohibited by the rules of the relationship, is accorded full birth-status rights common to normal members of his society or social stratum." Gough completed her doctorate in anthropology from Cambridge University in 1950. As a part of her doctorate work, she did field research in Malabar district from 1947 to 1949. She did further research in Tanjore district from 1950 to 1953 and again in 1976, and in Vietnam in 1976.
She was employed at teaching positions at Brandeis University from 1961 to 1963, the University of Oregon from 1963 to 1967, and Simon Fraser University from 1967 to 1970. She was an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia from 1974 until her death in 1990.
She was employed at teaching positions at Brandeis University from 1961 to 1963, the University of Oregon from 1963 to 1967, and Simon Fraser University from 1967 to 1970. She was an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia from 1974 until her death in 1990.
Bio by: Sharlotte Neely Donnelly
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
KATHLEEN GOUGH
ABERLE
AUG. 16, 1925 - SEPT. 8, 1990
A COURAGEOUS WARRIOR
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