Françoise Héritier

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Françoise Héritier (born 1933) is a French anthropologist^[1] and successor to Claude Lévi-Strauss at the Collège de France (Chair of Comparative Studies of African Societies from 1982 to 1998, now emeritus professor). Her work deals mainly with the theory of alliances and on the prohibition of incest (both theories based on the notion of exchange of women). In addition to Lévi-Strauss, she was also influenced by Alfred Radcliffe-Brown. She was replaced by Philippe Descola, who is the current holder of the chair of anthropology at the Collège.

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↑ "Paris conference highlights women's rights abuses in Iran". Iran Focus. 26 February 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

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