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Hilda Beemer Kuper, née ''Beemer'' (23 August 1911 – 1992), was a social anthropologist most notable for her extensive work on Swazi culture. Born to Lithuanian Jewish and Austrian Jewish parents in Bulawayo, she moved to South Africa after the death of her father. She studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and, afterwards, at the London School of Economics under Malinowski. In 1934, after winning a fellowship to study in Swaziland, Kuper befriended King Sobhuza II who, together with Malinowski, helped to settle her into place at the Royal village of Lobamba, where she would pursue her research. Her publications on Swazi culture would include the two-part dissertation, ''An African Aristocracy: Rank among the Swazi'' (1947) and ''The Uniform of Colour: a Study of White–Black Relationships in Swaziland'' (1947), and ''The Swazi: a South African Kingdom'' (1963). Some years later, in Durban, Kuper became a founder member of the Liberal Party in Natal, as well as authoring ''Indian People in Natal'' (1960).〔() 〕 In 1961 Kuper moved to Los Angeles, where she took up a teaching post at UCLA. In 1969 she won a Guggenheim fellowship,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hilda Kuper )〕 and in 1978 published an extensive, official biography of Sobhuza II, ''King Sobhuza II, Ngwenyama and King of Swaziland''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Swazi History : Books To Read On Swazi History )〕 ==Personal life== She was married to Leo Kuper in 1936, with whom she had two daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hilda Kuper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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