2020 RUTH BENEDICT BOOK PRIZE COMPETITION
— Call for Submissions —
The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) is proud to announce the 2020 Ruth Benedict Book Prize Competition for outstanding anthropological scholarship on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer topic.
The Ruth Benedict Book Prize is presented each year at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting to acknowledge excellence in a scholarly book written from an anthropological perspective about a topic that engages issues and theoretical perspectives relevant to LGBTQ studies. The Prize is awarded in each of two separate categories, one for a single-authored monograph and another for an edited volume.
Submissions may be on any topic related to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, or other gender/sexual formations and categories from any world culture area. Topics may include the study of normativity, queer theory, and the social/historical construction of sexual and gender identities, discourses, and categories. Authors may represent any scholarly discipline, but the material submitted must engage anthropological theories and methods. Submissions may be self-nominated or may be sent by a press or another person.
Books submitted for the competition must have a publication date of 2019 or 2020 and may not have been submitted previously. Page proofs of books scheduled for 2020 publication are acceptable but must include a letter from the publisher confirming the anticipated publication date of 2020.
To nominate a work, please submit one copy of the book or edited volume to each of the four committee members listed below, with the author or editor’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number printed clearly on a separate cover letter indicating that it is a submission for the Ruth Benedict Book Prize. While we typically request physical books, we understand that the exigencies of our present moment may make shipments difficult. Please note submission format preferences listed for each committee member below.
All submissions must be received by June 15, 2020.
Send inquiries to Eric Plemons (eplemons@email.arizona.edu), Ruth Benedict Book Prize Chair.
2019 Ruth Benedict Book Prize Committee Members:
Eric Plemons
2625 E Manchester St
Tucson AZ 85716
eplemons@email.arizona.edu
* physical books preferred, ebooks accepted
Evelyn Blackwood
1961 Sycamore Ridge
Lafayette, IN 47905
blackwood@purdue.edu
* ebooks preferred, physical books accepted
Elif Sari
118 W. Court St. #5
Ithaca, NY 14850
es858@cornell.edu
* ebooks preferred, physical books accepted
George Paul Meiu
meiu@fas.harvard.edu
* ebooks preferred, requests for postal address can be made via email