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An Anthropologist’s Obsession with Outlander

May 3, 2018 by Carie Little Hersh 139 Comments

An Anthropologist’s Obsession with Outlander

I have been on hiatus from blogging for some time, mainly due to two factors. First, I launched a public anthropology podcast, Anthropologist on the Street (huzzah!), which has been a fabulous excuse to spend hours talking to brilliant, and often funny, anthropologists and to force them to explain in plain English why their work is important. It’s like free college, but with fewer exams and hangovers. The second reason is because I recently discovered the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Eight books and 7500 pages later, I popped my head up to observe that my children had outgrown all their clothes and had resorted to eating grass, as mommy hadn’t bought groceries because MOMMY WAS READING. After feeding the darlings and reenrolling them in school, I dragged my husband into watching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fiction, Gender, Sex, & Sexuality, Identity, Social Systems Tagged With: #MeToo, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bones, Anthropology, Caitriona Balfe, Claire Fraser, Cultural Anthropology, Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber, Drums of Autumn, gender, humanism, Jamie Fraser, Outlander, Sam Heughan, Starz, The Fiery Cross, Voyager, Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Dr. Carie Little Hersh

Dr. Carie Little Hersh is an American cultural anthropologist, former attorney, and teaching professor in Anthropology at Northeastern University. This is her personal blog about anthropology and its relevance to everyday life.

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