Esther Newton

About the Author

Esther Newton is currently Term Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, and Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Professor at Purchase College, SUNY. She is the auditor of Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas, published by Duke show more University Press, and Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America, coauthor of Womenfriends: A Soap Opera, and coeditor of Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology. show less

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Works by Esther Newton

Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America (1972) 169 copies, 1 review

Margaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas (2000) 111 copies, 1 review

Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology (1973) — Editor; Contributor — 88 copies

My Butch Career: A Memoir (2018) 43 copies

Womenfriends: A Soap Opera (1976) 13 copies

The Siege and Other Award Winning Stories 1 copy

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Associated Works

Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past (1989) — Contributor — 751 copies

The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader (1993) — Contributor — 430 copies, 1 review

Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality (1984) — Contributor — 141 copies, 1 review

The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (1999) — Contributor — 86 copies

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American history (6) anthropology (32) autobiography (6) camp (7) Cherry Grove (5) drag (8) essays (16) feminism (14) Fire Island (12) gay (24) gay men (7) gender (10) gender studies (10) history (40) homosexuality (7) lesbian (31) lesbians (7) LGBT (10) LGBT history (5) LGBTQ (21) memoir (6) New York (9) non-fiction (41) queer (14) queer studies (8) queer theory (6) sociology (6) to-read (29) trans (6) USA (8)

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Birthdate: 1940
Gender: female
Occupations: anthropologist
Awards and honors: AQA Distinguished Achievement Award (2018)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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lquilter 633 reviews

Margaret Mead Made Me Gay : Personal Essays, Public Ideas by Esther Newton

Esther Newton really is amazing. I came to her work through the Cherry Grove, Fire Island history, and was so excited that I dug out some of her other anthropology work. This great set of essays lays out her approaches and thinking in anthropology and other matters.

Sep 27, 2009

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lquilter 633 reviews

Cherry Grove, Fire Island : Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town by Esther Newton

One of my favorite histories; anthropological and using significant oral history. A snapshot of gay/lesbian 20th century history, as well as a great history of 'place'.

Sep 27, 2009

urthona73 21 reviews

Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America by Esther Newton

An interesting anthropological consideration of drag queens in the 1960s. A lot of it the information is dated, but it's interesting to see what parts continue to linger, particularly in the perceived distinctions made between the queens themselves.

Sep 24, 2013