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Esther Newton

1940 -

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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  • Cover of: Mother camp: female impersonators in America

    First published in 1972 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Womenfriends: a soap opera

    First published in 1976 4 editions in 1 language
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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 in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas (Series Q)

    First published in 2000 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: My Butch Career: A Memoir

    First published in 2018 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The "drag queens": a study in urban anthropology.

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Lesbians, LGBTQ anthropology, Biography, Gays, LGBTQ history, Ruth Benedict Prize, Anthropologists, Butch and femme (Lesbian culture), Camp (Aesthetics), College teachers, Cross-dressers, Cross-dressing, Female impersonators, Feminism, Feminists, Friendship, Gay and lesbian studies, Gay communities, Gay community, Gay men, Gays, history, Geschichte, History, Homophobia, Homophobia in anthropology
Places
United States, Brookhaven- Cherry Grove, Cherry Grove, Fire Island (Island), New York (State)
People
Esther Newton, Shirley Walton

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October 24, 2021 Edited by Jenner Edited without comment.
October 24, 2021 Edited by Jenner Added new photo
August 27, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import