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Esther Newton

Esther Newton is an American cultural anthropologist best known for her pioneering work on the ethnography of lesbian and gay communities in the United States. She studied history at the University of Michigan and received her BA with distinction in 1962 before starting graduate work in anthropology at the University of Chicago under David M. Schneider.

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Born 1940

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  • Cover of: Womenfriends: a soap opera

    First published in 1976 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Mother camp: female impersonators in America

    First published in 1972 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas

    First published in 2000 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

    First published in 1993 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: My Butch Career: A Memoir

    First published in 2018 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The "drag queens": a study in urban anthropology.

    First published in 1968 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Amazon expedition; a Lesbian feminist anthology.

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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Subjects

Lesbians, LGBTQ anthropology, Biography, Feminism, Gays, LGBTQ history, Lesbian feminism, Ruth Benedict Prize, Anthropologists, Autobiografie, Autobiography, Butch and femme (Lesbian culture), Camp (Aesthetics), College teachers, Cross-dressers, Cross-dressing, Ethnologie, Ethnologin, Ethnologists, Ethnology, Female impersonators, Feminists, Friendship, Gay and lesbian studies, Gay communities

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United States, Brookhaven- Cherry Grove, Cherry Grove, Fire Island (Island), New York (State)

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Esther Newton, Margaret Mead (1901-1978), Shirley Walton

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August 8, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
August 7, 2024 Edited by Zora Elbe Edited without comment.
October 24, 2021 Edited by Jenner Edited without comment.
October 24, 2021 Edited by Jenner Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import