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Professor Sherry B. Ortner FBA

Social and cultural theory; historical anthropology; gender and feminist theory; anthropology of late capitalism/neoliberalism; film, media, and the culture industries; political activism. Sherpas of Nepal and anthropology of the Himalayas
Headshot of Professor Sherry Beth Ortner FBA (credit Timothy D. Taylor)
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2023
Subjects
Anthropology, Social Sciences
Sections
Anthropology and Geography
Website
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/ortner/

Current post

University of California Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology

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