Rosalie Hankey Wax

Rosalie Wax (1911 – 1998) was a noted American Anthropologist who during the second world war researched interned Japanese-Americans and later Native Americans. She taught at the University of Chicago, University of Kansas and at Washington University. She received the Quantrell Award.

Selected publications Wax, R. (1971). Doing fieldwork: Warnings and advice. University of Chicago Press. Wax, Murray, and Rosalie Wax. (1963) "The notion of magic." Current Anthropology 4, no. 5 495–518. Wax, R. H., & Thomas, R. K. (1961). American Indians and white people. Phylon. 22(4), 305–317. Wax, R. (1952). Field methods and techniques: Reciprocity as a field technique. Human Organization, 11(3), 34–37. Wax, R. H. (1979). Gender and age in fieldwork and fieldwork education: No good thing is done by any man alone. Social Problems, 26(5), 509–522.