Der Ruth-Benedict-Preis ist eine Auszeichnung, die jährlich von der American Anthropological Association vergeben wird, um die Exzellenz eines wissenschaftlichen Buches anzuerkennen, das aus einer anthropologischen Perspektive über ein LGBT-Thema geschrieben wurde. Der Preis wurde 1986 zu Ehren der Anthropologin Ruth Benedict (1887–1948) ins Leben gerufen und wird in den Kategorien Monografie und Sammelband vergeben.[1][2]

Liste der Preisträger Bearbeiten

Jahr Autor Titel Kategorie
1986 Walter L. Williams The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture Monografie
1987 Gilbert Herdt The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea Monografie
1990 Serena Nanda Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India Monografie
1990 Kath Weston Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship Monografie
1991 Richard Parker Bodies, Pleasures, and Passions: Sexual Culture in Contemporary Brazil Monografie
1992 Ellen Lewin Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture Monografie
1993 Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community Buch
1993 Roger Lancaster Life is Hard: Machismo, Danger, and the Intimacy of Power in Nicaragua Monografie
1994 Esther Newton Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America’s First Gay and Lesbian Town Monografie
1995 Joseph Carrier De Los Otros: Intimacy and Homosexuality Among Mexican Men Monografie
1996 Carter Wilson Hidden in the Blood: A Personal Investigation of AIDS in the Yucatan Monografie
1996 William L. Leap Word’s Out: Gay Men’s English Monografie
1997 Sue-Ellen Jacobs, Wesley Thomas, and Sabine Lang Two-spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality Edition
1997 Kath Weston Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins Monografie
1998 Jennifer Robertson Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan Monografie
1999 Evelyn Blackwood and Saskia Wieringa Female Desires: Same Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures Edition
2000 Barbara L. Voss and Robert A. Schmidt Archaeologies of Sexuality Edition
2000 Stephen O. Murray Homosexualities Monografie
2000 Esther Newton Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas Monografie
2001 Arlene Stein The Stranger Next Door: The Story of a Small Community’s Battle over Sex, Faith, and Civil Rights Monografie
2002 Hector Carrillo The Night is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS Monografie
2003 Martin F. Manalansan IV Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora Monografie
2004 Ellen Lewin and William L. Leap Out in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology Edition
2004 Megan Sinnott Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-Sex Relationships in Thailand Monografie
2005 Tom Boellstorff The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia Monografie
2006 Tanya Erzen Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement Monografie
2007 Saskia Wieringa, Evelyn Blackwood, and Abha Bhaiya Women’s Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia Edition
2007 Gloria Wekker The Politics of Passion: Women’s Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora Monografie
2007 David Valentine Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category Monografie
2008 Barbara L. Voss The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco Monografie
2008 Mark Padilla Caribbean Pleasure Industry: Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic Monografie
2009 Ellen Lewin and William L. Leap Out in Public: Reinventing Lesbian/Gay Anthropology in a Globalizing World Edition
2009 Mary L. Gray Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in Rural America Monografie
2009 Rudolf Pell Gaudio Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic City Monografie
2010 David A. B. Murray Homophobias: Lust and Loathing Across Time and Space Edition
2010 Ellen Lewin Gay Fatherhood: Narratives of Family and Citizenship in America Monografie
2010 Deborah Gould Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP’s Fight Against AIDS Monografie
2011 Peter Anthony Jackson Queer Bangkok: 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights Edition
2011 Roger Lancaster Sex Panic and the Punitive State Monografie
2011 Evelyn Blackwood Falling into the Lesbi World: Desire and Difference in Indonesia Monografie
2012 Gayle Rubin Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader Edition
2012 Margot Weiss Techniques of Pleasure: BDSM and the Circuits of Sexuality Monografie
2013 Susan Stryker and Aren Aizura The Transgender Studies Reader 2 Edition
2013 Naisargi Dave Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics Monografie
2014 Lal Zimman, Jenny Davis, and Joshua Raclaw Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Edition
2014 Noelle M. Stout After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviety Cuba Monografie
2015 Linda Rae Bennett, Sharyn Graham Davies Sex and Sexualities in Contemporary Indonesia: Sexual Politics, Health, Diversity and Representations Edition
2015 Lucinda Ramberg Given to the Goddess: South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion Monografie
2016 Uriel Quesada, Letitia Gomez, Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism Edition
2016 David A. B. Murray Real Queer? Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Refugees in the Canadian Refugee Apparatus Monografie
2017 Eric Plemons The Look of a Woman: Facial Feminization Surgery and the Aims of Trans-Medicine Monografie
2018 George Paul Meiu Ethno-erotic Economies: Sexuality, Money and Belonging in Kenya Monografie
2019 Amy Brainer Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan Monografie
2019 B Camminga Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa Monografie
2020 Ana-Maurine Lara Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty Monografie
2020 Sarah Luna Love in the Drug War: Selling Sex & Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border Monografie
2020 Paul Boyce, E.J. Gonzalez-Polled, Silvia Posocco Queering Knowledge: Analytics, Devices, and Investments after Marilyn Strathern Edition
2021 Vaibhav Saria Hijras, Lovers, Brothers: Surviving Sex and Poverty in Rural India Monografie
2022 Serena Owusua Dankwa Knowing Women: Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana Monografie
2023 Omar Kasmani Queer Companions: Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan Monografie

Einzelnachweise Bearbeiten

  1. The Ruth Benedict Prize. In: The Association for Queer Anthropology. Abgerufen am 3. Dezember 2018.
  2. AAA Section Awards. In: American Anthropological Association. Abgerufen am 4. Dezember 2018.