The Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists presents the

2007 Ruth Benedict Prize Winner


Single Authored Monograph:

David Valentine

Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category

Duke University Press , 2007

and

The Politics of Passion Gloria Wekker

The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro- Surinamese Diaspora

Columbia University Press, 2007

Edited Volume:

Saskia Wieringa,Evelyn Blackwood, and Abha Bhaiya

Women's Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia

Palgrave Press , 2007

The Ruth Benedict Prize is presented each year at the American Anthropological Association's annual meetings in acknowledgment of excellence in a book written from an anthropological perspective on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered topic. The Ruth Benedict Prize is awarded in each of two separate categories: one for a single-authored monograph and another for an edited volume.

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The Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (SOLGA) of the American Anthropological Association was founded in 1988. SOLGA promotes communication, encourages research, develops teaching materials, and serves the interests of gay and lesbian anthropologists within the association.

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