Tag: Jaimie Pearl Bloom

I wanted to let you know that my obituary of Jaimie Bloom is now available from American Anthropologist:

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aman.13525

Jaimie’s anthropological work was conducted before her transition under the name James F. Weiner. She was an ethnographer of Papua New Guinea whose work bordered on the philosophical. I worked closely with Jaimie’s children to make sure I honored her wishes regarding how her two lives were reported (she had no issue with dead naming, for instance). I hope those of you who knew Jaimie or read her work will find this obituary honors her memory.

Thanks to Ira Bashkow, Colin Filer, Francesca Merlan, and Alan Rumsey for their support in writing it. Her memory is a blessing.