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Faye Ginsburg (born October 28, 1952) is an American anthropologist who has devoted her life to the exploration of different cultures and individuals’ styles of life. Ginsburg has published ethnographies about her fieldwork experiences in the U.S., Canada and Australia. The intercultural connections in her ethnographies have contributed to the fields of anthropology and sociology because they allow readers to understand other cultures through her narratives. Currently, she is an anthropology professor at New York University and the director of the Center for Media, Culture and History at NYU.

Early life and education

She was born on October 28, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.

She graduated from Barnard College in 1976 with a BA, and from City University of New York, with a Ph.D. in 1986.

Awards

1994 MacArthur Fellows Program
2004 Council on Anthropology and Reproduction Edited Volume Prize,
American Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture Book Award.
Society for Medical Anthropology's Basket Award for Research on Gender and Health.

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