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11 results

title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Ernest Becker Ernest Becker 1924 1974 American cultural anthropologist and author of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Becker
Marshall Sahlins Marshall David Sahlins 1930 2021 American cultural anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Sahlins
Gayle Rubin Gayle S. Rubin 1949 n/a American cultural anthropologist best known as an activist and theorist of sex and gender politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayle_Rubin
Talal Asad Talal Asad 1932 n/a null Saudi-born cultural anthropologist who is currently a professor of anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talal_Asad
Andrei Oișteanu Andrei Oișteanu 1948 n/a Romanian historian of religions and mentalities, ethnologist, cultural anthropologist, literary critic and novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Oișteanu
Claudia Roden Claudia Roden 1936 n/a Egyptian cookbook writer and cultural anthropologist of Sephardi/Mizrahi descent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Roden
Paul Radin Paul Radin 1883 1959 American cultural anthropologist and folklorist of the early twentieth century specializing in Native American languages and cultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Radin
Sherry Ortner Sherry Beth Ortner 1941 n/a American cultural anthropologist and has been a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UCLA since 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry_Ortner
Ruth Landes Ruth Landes 1908 1991 American cultural anthropologist best known for studies on Brazilian candomblé cults and her published study on the topic, City of Women (1947) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Landes
Marlene Dobkin de Rios Marlene Dobkin de Rios 1939 2012 American cultural anthropologist, medical anthropologist, and psychotherapist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_Dobkin_de_Rios
Robert A. Rubinstein Robert A. Rubinstein 1951 n/a null cultural anthropologist whose work bridges the areas of political and medical anthropology, and the history and theory of the discipline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Rubinstein