SOLGA is
proud to announce the 2007 Ruth Benedict Prize
Competition for outstanding
anthropological scholarship on a lesbian,
gay, bisexual, or transgendered topic.
The Ruth Benedict Prize is presented each year at the American
Anthropological Association's annual meeting to acknowledge excellence
in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective
about a topic that engages issues and theoretical perspectives
relevant to LGBTQ studies. The Benedict Prize is awarded
in each of two separate categories, one for a single-authored
monograph and another for an edited volume.
Books
submitted for the competition must have
a publication date of 2006 or 2007 and
may not have been submitted previously.
Submissions may be on any topic related to lesbians, gay men,
bisexuals, transgendered people, or other gender / sexual formations
and categories from any world culture area. Topics may
include the study of normativity, queer theory, and the social/historical
construction of sexual and gender identities, discourses and categories.
Authors may represent any scholarly discipline, but the material
submitted must engage anthropological theories and methods. Submissions
may be self-nominated or may be sent by a press or another person.
To
nominate a work, please submit one copy
of the book or edited volume to each of the judges (listed below),
with the author or editor’s name, mailing address, email
address, and telephone number printed clearly on a separate
cover letter indicating that it is a submission for the Ruth
Benedict Prize. All submissions must be received by July
15, 2007. Note: page proofs of books scheduled for 2007 publication
are acceptable but please include a note from the publisher
confirming the anticipated publication date.
Send
any inquiries to the Committee Chair, Deb
Amory: deborah.amory@esc.edu.
(or call 315-460-3161)
Send
one hard copy of your book or edited volume to each of the following
committee members by midnight July 15, 2007:
Lorraine
Herbst
Central
New York Center
Empire State College
219
Walton Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
Scott
Morgensen
Dept of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Mary
Weismantel
Dept of Anthropology
Northwestern
University
1810 Hinman Ave
Evanston IL 60208-1310
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