James Boon ya iku ahli antropologi saka Florida, Amérikah Sarékat, kalahiran taun 1946[1][2]. Boon olèh pendhidhikan ing bidang antropologi ing Princeton University (BA) taun 1968 lan doktor (Ph.D) saka Universitas Chicago taun 1973[1]. Boon naté nglakoni panlitian antropologis ing Jawa lan Bali (1971, 1982, 1992), Singapura, Walanda, Switserlan, Ostrali, Hong Kong, lan Yunani[1][2]. Boon uga wis nulis karya-karya antropologis kayadéné From Symbolism to Structuralism: Lévi-Strauss in a Literary Tradition (1972), Other Tribes, Other Scribes: Symbolic Anthropology in the Comparative Study of Cultures, Histories, Religions, and Texts (1982), Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture, and Indo-European Allure (1990)[1]. James Boon dadi sawiji antropolog kang wis nliti kajian Indonésia, kolonial Ero-Amérika, lan sujarah inteléktual. Clifford Geertz uga naté ndampingi Boon nalika panlitian doktoré ing Bali. Boon uga duwé jasa ngembangké téori Lévi-Strauss[1].

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  1. a b c d e Amit, Vered (2004). Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology. London: Routledge. kc. 92. ISBN 020364459X. OCLC 436848672.
  2. a b "James Boon". Princeton University. Dibukak ing 2017-12-09.