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Orin Starn

Chair of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

Orin Starn is Chair and Professor of Cultural Anthropology and History. He has wide-ranging interests including Latin America, Native North America, social movements and indigenous politics, the history of anthropology, activist anthropology, and, more recently, sports and
society. His newest book, "The Passion of Tiger Woods: An
Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal," examines
the superstar golfer's place in American society and culture. Starn is
also the author of the award-winning "Ishi's Brain: In Search of
America's Last 'Wild' Indian," a chronicle of the life and legend of
the last survivor of California's Yahi tribe.

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