Gayle Rubin
American cultural anthropologist, activist, and feminist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Gayle S. Rubin | |
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Born | (1949-01-01) January 1, 1949 (age 75) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Thesis | The Valley of the Kings: Leathermen in San Francisco, 1960–1990 (1994) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Cultural anthropology |
Institutions | University of Michigan |
Influenced | Judith Butler,[1] Susan Stryker[2] |
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.[3][4][5] Her 1984 essay "Thinking Sex" is widely regarded as a founding text of gay and lesbian studies, sexuality studies, and queer theory.[6][7][8] 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,[8] and is an associate professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan.[9]