ANTHROPOLOGIST

Gayle Rubin

1949 - Today

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Gayle S. Rubin (born January 1, 1949) is an American cultural anthropologist, theorist and activist, best known for her pioneering work in feminist theory and queer studies. Her essay "The Traffic in Women" (1975) had a lasting influence in second-wave feminism and early gender studies, by arguing that gender oppression could not be adequately explained by Marxist conceptions of the patriarchy. Her 1984 essay "Thinking Sex" is widely regarded as a founding text of gay and lesbian studies, sexuality studies, and queer theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gayle Rubin has received more than 552,936 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gayle Rubin is the 67th most popular anthropologist (down from 65th in 2019), the 6,483rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,847th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Anthropologist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS

Among anthropologists, Gayle Rubin ranks 67 out of 93. Before her are Jack Goody, Arjun Appadurai, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Philippe Descola, Max Gluckman, and George Murdock. After her are Madison Grant, Michael Harner, Robert Lowie, James C. Scott, Julian Steward, and Yves Coppens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gayle Rubin ranks 417. Before her are Angie Bowie, Randall Wallace, Mohamed Akid, Jerzy Gorgoń, Dominic Sena, and Francisco Robles Ortega. After her are Beth Grant, Bob Backlund, Dennis Taylor, Philippe Djian, Daniel Pipes, and Anna Lee Fisher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gayle Rubin ranks 6,483 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Ettinger (1918), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Mike Kelley (1954), Bill Frisell (1951), Abigail Fillmore (1798), and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886). After her are Ron Leibman (1937), Pete Ricketts (1964), Steve Allen (1921), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Estelle Parsons (1927), and Bella Hadid (1996).

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Among ANTHROPOLOGISTS In United States

Among anthropologists born in United States, Gayle Rubin ranks 17. Before her are David Graeber (1961), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Helen Fisher (1945), Ralph Linton (1893), Melville J. Herskovits (1895), and George Murdock (1897). After her are Madison Grant (1865), Michael Harner (1929), James C. Scott (1936), Julian Steward (1902), Carleton S. Coon (1904), and Napoleon Chagnon (1938).

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