Dorinne K. Kondo
Encyclopedia
Dorinne K. Kondo is a Professor of Anthropology
and American Studies
at the University of Southern California
. Kondo is author of Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace and About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater. She is director of Asian American Studies at USC.
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
and American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
. Kondo is author of Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace and About Face: Performing Race in Fashion and Theater. She is director of Asian American Studies at USC.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, 1982 - M.A., Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, 1978
- B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Departmental Honors, Distinction, Department of Anthropology, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, 1975
Books
- Kondo, Dorinne K. Crafting selves : power, gender, and discourses of identity in a Japanese workplace / Dorinne K. Kondo. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990. xiii, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-226-45043-0 (alk. paper)
- Kondo, Dorinne K. About face : performing race in fashion and theater / Dorinne Kondo. New York : Routledge, 1997. xiii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN 0-415-91140-0 (hard cover), ISBN 0-415-91141-9 (pbk.)