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Esther Newton was born on 1940 in New York, New York, U.S., is an American cultural anthropologist (born 1940). Discover Esther Newton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Occupation Author, anthropologist, professor
Age 84 years old
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Born 1940
Birthday 1940
Birthplace New York, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1940

Esther Newton (born 1940, New York City) is an American cultural anthropologist who performed pioneering work on the ethnography of lesbian and gay communities in the United States.

1962

Newton studied history at the University of Michigan and received her BA with distinction in 1962 before starting graduate work in anthropology at the University of Chicago under David M. Schneider.

1968

Her PhD dissertation, "The drag queens; a study in urban anthropology" (1968), examined the experiences, social interactions, and culture of drag queens, or (mostly gay-identified) men who dressed and performed as women in various kinds of theatrical settings or as an expression/performance of their sexual identity.

1972

Later published in several articles and as Mother camp: female impersonators in America (1972), Newton's work represented the first major anthropological study of a homosexual community in the United States, and laid some of the groundwork for theorists such as Judith Butler, who would later explore the performative dimensions of sex and gender roles.

1993

Her second book, Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty years in America's first gay and lesbian town (1993), used oral history and ethnographic methods to document the changing dynamics of Cherry Grove, a beach resort on Fire Island, New York, and one of the oldest and most visible predominantly lesbian and gay male communities in the United States.

Newton is currently Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Research Professor at Purchase College, State University of New York.

She is also a lecturer in Women's Studies and American Culture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Newton identifies as lesbian.

She is in a long-term relationship with lesbian-feminist performance artist Holly Hughes.

2015

They married in 2015.

Newton is the daughter of psychotherapist Saul B. Newton.