Grażyna Kubica is an associate professor of social anthropology in the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, KrakÓw. She coedited the volume Malinowski between Two Worlds: The Polish Roots of an Anthropological Tradition. Ben Koschalka is a British translator specializing in academic as well as literary texts. He lives and works in KrakÓw, Poland.

"Grażyna Kubica has written a book significant in size and rich in material. . . . Written in a clear, convincing style, it engages the reader from the start. It will be of interest not only to cultural anthropologists but also to readers interested in the humanities and feminism. This book is an outstanding scholarly achievement."-Ewa Dzurak, Polish Review "Where Kubica's book makes the most unique contribution is in its discussion of Czaplicka's Polish background–both her academic affiliation with the Polish Radical Intelligentsia in chapter 4 and more uniquely still, in the discussion of her literary outputs in chapter 6–both contexts offer a fresh perspective on the international and interdisciplinary nature of the emerging discipline of Anthropology and Kubica is perfectly placed to tease out the nuances of political, national, and academic influences that shaped this new science."-Jaanika Vider, Anthropos “Grażyna Kubica examines Maria Czaplicka’s unfinished scientific legacy in this page-turner history of anthropology during wartime Britain. One review of Czaplicka’s account of her 1915 Siberian expedition proclaimed that she ‘could not be dull if she tried.’ Kubica offers a full and fitting tribute to Czaplicka’s indomitable spirit, her contributions to continuing debates, and the meaning of a truncated life in anthropology.”-Sally Cole, professor of sociology and anthropology at Concordia College and author of Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology “Grażyna Kubica has provided us with an excellent study that combines a feminist social history with biographical research and directs our attention at an enigmatic figure standing at a critical juncture in the history of anthropology. In this lively and well-researched portrait of Czaplicka, an early transnational actor in the study of Siberia and beyond, Kubika has taken an important step toward providing an inclusive genealogy of our discipline.”-Peter Schweitzer, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Vienna

• List of IllustrationsSeries Editors’ IntroductionAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Women in Anthropology, Biographies in Academia1. History of Anthropology as a Contemporary Research Field2. The Anthropological Biography as a New Genre of Historical Writing3. Why Her, Why Me, and Methods of Research and Sources Review4. The Warsaw Radical Intelligentsia at the End of the Long Nineteenth Century5. Maria Czaplicka’s Family Background and Polish Youth6. Love, a Novel, and Poetry in Zakopane7. Female Anthropologists in the British Association for the Advancement of Science8. Women in the Royal Anthropological Institute, Folklore Society, and Royal Geographical Society9. London Studies and the Beginnings of Czaplicka’s English Career10. Robert Marett and Anthropological Research on Religion11. The Ups and Downs of Anthropological Racial Discourse12. The Oxford School of Anthropology and Work on Aboriginal Siberia13. Preparations for the Siberian Expedition and Its Participants14. Summer on the Yenisei and Everyday Fieldwork15. Winter in the Tundra and the Results of the Expedition16. Czaplicka’s Shamanism in Theory and Practice17. Deconstructing the Concept of “Arctic Hysteria”18. Shamans and the Discourse of the Third Sex19. The Intrepid Traveler Returns20. Physical Anthropology and the Concept of Race in Czaplicka’s Research21. My Siberian Year as a Work of Literary Ethnographic Writing22. Feeling at Home at Lady Margaret Hall and a New Life as an Oxford University Lecturer23. A Trip Home and the Situation in Polish Ethnology24. An Anthropologist Engaged in the Public Debate25. America and Disillusionment26. Another Visit to Poland, Work in Bristol, and a Tragic Decision27. Research on Shamanism after Czaplicka and the Response to Her Work28. “Through Arctic Siberia with My Camera,” or Biographies of Maria Czaplicka’s Field Photographs29. Life after LifeConclusion: Czaplicka as a Person and the Social Processes in Her LifeNotesReferencesIndex

Grażyna Kubica is an associate professor of social anthropology in the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, KrakÓw. She coedited the volume Malinowski between Two Worlds: The Polish Roots of an Anthropological Tradition. Ben Koschalka is a British translator specializing in academic as well as literary texts. He lives and works in KrakÓw, Poland.

"Grażyna Kubica has written a book significant in size and rich in material. . . . Written in a clear, convincing style, it engages the reader from the start. It will be of interest not only to cultural anthropologists but also to readers interested in the humanities and feminism. This book is an outstanding scholarly achievement."-Ewa Dzurak, Polish Review "Where Kubica's book makes the most unique contribution is in its discussion of Czaplicka's Polish background–both her academic affiliation with the Polish Radical Intelligentsia in chapter 4 and more uniquely still, in the discussion of her literary outputs in chapter 6–both contexts offer a fresh perspective on the international and interdisciplinary nature of the emerging discipline of Anthropology and Kubica is perfectly placed to tease out the nuances of political, national, and academic influences that shaped this new science."-Jaanika Vider, Anthropos “Grażyna Kubica examines Maria Czaplicka’s unfinished scientific legacy in this page-turner history of anthropology during wartime Britain. One review of Czaplicka’s account of her 1915 Siberian expedition proclaimed that she ‘could not be dull if she tried.’ Kubica offers a full and fitting tribute to Czaplicka’s indomitable spirit, her contributions to continuing debates, and the meaning of a truncated life in anthropology.”-Sally Cole, professor of sociology and anthropology at Concordia College and author of Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology “Grażyna Kubica has provided us with an excellent study that combines a feminist social history with biographical research and directs our attention at an enigmatic figure standing at a critical juncture in the history of anthropology. In this lively and well-researched portrait of Czaplicka, an early transnational actor in the study of Siberia and beyond, Kubika has taken an important step toward providing an inclusive genealogy of our discipline.”-Peter Schweitzer, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Vienna

• List of IllustrationsSeries Editors’ IntroductionAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Women in Anthropology, Biographies in Academia1. History of Anthropology as a Contemporary Research Field2. The Anthropological Biography as a New Genre of Historical Writing3. Why Her, Why Me, and Methods of Research and Sources Review4. The Warsaw Radical Intelligentsia at the End of the Long Nineteenth Century5. Maria Czaplicka’s Family Background and Polish Youth6. Love, a Novel, and Poetry in Zakopane7. Female Anthropologists in the British Association for the Advancement of Science8. Women in the Royal Anthropological Institute, Folklore Society, and Royal Geographical Society9. London Studies and the Beginnings of Czaplicka’s English Career10. Robert Marett and Anthropological Research on Religion11. The Ups and Downs of Anthropological Racial Discourse12. The Oxford School of Anthropology and Work on Aboriginal Siberia13. Preparations for the Siberian Expedition and Its Participants14. Summer on the Yenisei and Everyday Fieldwork15. Winter in the Tundra and the Results of the Expedition16. Czaplicka’s Shamanism in Theory and Practice17. Deconstructing the Concept of “Arctic Hysteria”18. Shamans and the Discourse of the Third Sex19. The Intrepid Traveler Returns20. Physical Anthropology and the Concept of Race in Czaplicka’s Research21. My Siberian Year as a Work of Literary Ethnographic Writing22. Feeling at Home at Lady Margaret Hall and a New Life as an Oxford University Lecturer23. A Trip Home and the Situation in Polish Ethnology24. An Anthropologist Engaged in the Public Debate25. America and Disillusionment26. Another Visit to Poland, Work in Bristol, and a Tragic Decision27. Research on Shamanism after Czaplicka and the Response to Her Work28. “Through Arctic Siberia with My Camera,” or Biographies of Maria Czaplicka’s Field Photographs29. Life after LifeConclusion: Czaplicka as a Person and the Social Processes in Her LifeNotesReferencesIndex

Grażyna Kubica is an associate professor of social anthropology in the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University, KrakÓw. She coedited the volume Malinowski between Two Worlds: The Polish Roots of an Anthropological Tradition. Ben Koschalka is a British translator specializing in academic as well as literary texts. He lives and works in KrakÓw, Poland.

"Grażyna Kubica has written a book significant in size and rich in material. . . . Written in a clear, convincing style, it engages the reader from the start. It will be of interest not only to cultural anthropologists but also to readers interested in the humanities and feminism. This book is an outstanding scholarly achievement."-Ewa Dzurak, Polish Review "Where Kubica's book makes the most unique contribution is in its discussion of Czaplicka's Polish background–both her academic affiliation with the Polish Radical Intelligentsia in chapter 4 and more uniquely still, in the discussion of her literary outputs in chapter 6–both contexts offer a fresh perspective on the international and interdisciplinary nature of the emerging discipline of Anthropology and Kubica is perfectly placed to tease out the nuances of political, national, and academic influences that shaped this new science."-Jaanika Vider, Anthropos “Grażyna Kubica examines Maria Czaplicka’s unfinished scientific legacy in this page-turner history of anthropology during wartime Britain. One review of Czaplicka’s account of her 1915 Siberian expedition proclaimed that she ‘could not be dull if she tried.’ Kubica offers a full and fitting tribute to Czaplicka’s indomitable spirit, her contributions to continuing debates, and the meaning of a truncated life in anthropology.”-Sally Cole, professor of sociology and anthropology at Concordia College and author of Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology “Grażyna Kubica has provided us with an excellent study that combines a feminist social history with biographical research and directs our attention at an enigmatic figure standing at a critical juncture in the history of anthropology. In this lively and well-researched portrait of Czaplicka, an early transnational actor in the study of Siberia and beyond, Kubika has taken an important step toward providing an inclusive genealogy of our discipline.”-Peter Schweitzer, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Vienna

• List of IllustrationsSeries Editors’ IntroductionAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Women in Anthropology, Biographies in Academia1. History of Anthropology as a Contemporary Research Field2. The Anthropological Biography as a New Genre of Historical Writing3. Why Her, Why Me, and Methods of Research and Sources Review4. The Warsaw Radical Intelligentsia at the End of the Long Nineteenth Century5. Maria Czaplicka’s Family Background and Polish Youth6. Love, a Novel, and Poetry in Zakopane7. Female Anthropologists in the British Association for the Advancement of Science8. Women in the Royal Anthropological Institute, Folklore Society, and Royal Geographical Society9. London Studies and the Beginnings of Czaplicka’s English Career10. Robert Marett and Anthropological Research on Religion11. The Ups and Downs of Anthropological Racial Discourse12. The Oxford School of Anthropology and Work on Aboriginal Siberia13. Preparations for the Siberian Expedition and Its Participants14. Summer on the Yenisei and Everyday Fieldwork15. Winter in the Tundra and the Results of the Expedition16. Czaplicka’s Shamanism in Theory and Practice17. Deconstructing the Concept of “Arctic Hysteria”18. Shamans and the Discourse of the Third Sex19. The Intrepid Traveler Returns20. Physical Anthropology and the Concept of Race in Czaplicka’s Research21. My Siberian Year as a Work of Literary Ethnographic Writing22. Feeling at Home at Lady Margaret Hall and a New Life as an Oxford University Lecturer23. A Trip Home and the Situation in Polish Ethnology24. An Anthropologist Engaged in the Public Debate25. America and Disillusionment26. Another Visit to Poland, Work in Bristol, and a Tragic Decision27. Research on Shamanism after Czaplicka and the Response to Her Work28. “Through Arctic Siberia with My Camera,” or Biographies of Maria Czaplicka’s Field Photographs29. Life after LifeConclusion: Czaplicka as a Person and the Social Processes in Her LifeNotesReferencesIndex