ELENORE SMITH BOWEN is the nom de plume of Laura Bohannan, an anthropologist trained at the University of Arizona and Oxford University. The author of several articles in anthropological journals, ...view moreELENORE SMITH BOWEN is the nom de plume of Laura Bohannan, an anthropologist trained at the University of Arizona and Oxford University. The author of several articles in anthropological journals, she has contributed to a number of books on Africa and has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.view less