Ruth Behar (born 1962) is an American anthropologist, poet, and writer who teaches at the University of Michigan. She is a noted feminist, and her personal life experiences as a Jewish Cuban-American woman are frequently an important part of her writing. Her controversial book The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart examines the role that the personal can play in ethnographic writing. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθÏωπος, human) consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo). ... University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. ...
The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart (1996)
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Film
Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love): A Cuban-American Woman's Search for Sephardic Memories (2002)
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External Links
Ruth Behar Behar's personal Website
Adio Kerida: A Cuban Sephardic Journey The Website for Behar's film
Behar is a professor at the University of Michigan who has gained recognition for her literary essays, poetry, fiction and new work as an emerging filmmaker in cultural anthropology.
Behar's lecture is sponsored by the UGA Center for the Humanities and Arts as part of the 18 th QUIG 2005 Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies to be held at UGA January 7-9.
Behar's first book was The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village: Santa María del Monte (Princeton, 1986; expanded paperback edition, 1991), the story of how a small village negotiated its relation to the past in the wake of social transformations that removed people from the land during the late Franco years.
RUTHBEHAR was born in Havana, Cuba and came to live in New York with her family in 1962.
RuthBehar's first book was The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village: Santa María del Monte (Princeton, 1986; expanded paperback edition, 1991), the story of how a small village negotiated its relation to the past in the wake of social transformations that removed people from the land during the late Franco years.
As a Cuban woman of the diaspora, RuthBehar is committed to seeking reconciliation and a common culture and memory with Cubans on the island.
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