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Gayle Rubin

1949 - Today

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Gayle S. Rubin (born January 1, 1949) is an American cultural anthropologist, theorist and activist, best known for her pioneering work in feminist theory and queer studies. Her essay "The Traffic in Women" (1975) had a lasting influence in second-wave feminism and early gender studies, by arguing that gender oppression could not be adequately explained by Marxist conceptions of the patriarchy. Her 1984 essay "Thinking Sex" is widely regarded as a founding text of gay and lesbian studies, sexuality studies, and queer theory. She has written on a range of subjects including the politics of sexuality, gender oppression, sadomasochism, pornography and lesbian literature, as well as anthropological studies of urban sexual subcultures, and is an associate professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gayle Rubin is the 59th most popular anthropologist (up from 67th in 2019), the 6,480th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,482nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Anthropologist.

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Gayle Rubin ranks 59 out of 93. Before her are Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Maurice Godelier, Fei Xiaotong, Bill Mollison, Aleš Hrdlička, and Arjun Appadurai. After her are James C. Scott, Max Gluckman, Robert Lowie, Georges Balandier, Raymond Firth, and Fiona Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gayle Rubin ranks 386. Before her are Ivan Kostov, Graham Swift, Franz Josef Jung, Judith Light, Robert Berdella, and Bogdan Borusewicz. After her are Anatoliy Konkov, Caroline Munro, Minette Walters, Jean Petit, Marek Jędraszewski, and Rubén Pagnanini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gayle Rubin ranks 6,481 out of 20,380. Before her are Kristen Wiig (1973), Norah Jones (1979), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Gladys West (1930), Ann Dowd (1956), and Moses Gunn (1929). After her are Tom Welling (1977), Jerry Sloan (1942), Jim Steinman (1947), Mike Espy (1953), Jackie Wilson (1934), and Garrett Hardin (1915).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Gayle Rubin ranks 15. Before her are Marshall Sahlins (1930), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), David Graeber (1961), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), and Ralph Linton (1893). After her are James C. Scott (1936), Helen Fisher (1945), Michael Harner (1929), Madison Grant (1865), Julian Steward (1902), and Melville J. Herskovits (1895).

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