Wolfgang Müller (ethnologist)
Wolfgang Müller (born January 27, 1953 in Bad Homburg in front of the height ) is a German ethnologist .
Life
Wolfgang Müller studied historical ethnology , European ethnology and cultural anthropology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. In field studies he researched the cultures and languages of Indian peoples in Mexico ( Tarahumara , Huicholen , Zapotec , Chinanteken , Huave , Tseltal and Tzotzil ). His main areas of work are Indian studies , cultural ecology and comparative linguistics . He works as a translator and freelance writer.
Fonts
- Latin America's lowland Indians. Your way between tradition and civilization. Editorial collective “Subject: Poor World”, Frankfurt am Main 1976.
- The Indians of Latin America. An ethnostatistical overview. Reimer, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-496-00760-5 .
- A short history of old American art (= DuMont paperbacks. 203). DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 1988, ISBN 3-7701-1843-X .
- The Amazonian Indians. Peoples and cultures in the rainforest. Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39756-5 .
Footnotes
- ^ Introduction of the author in: The Indians of Latin America. An ethnostatistical overview. Reimer, Berlin 1984, verso of the title page.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |