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Florence Babb
Born (1951-02-21) February 21, 1951 (age 73)
Goshen, New York
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Florence Babb (born February 21, 1951) is a Harrington Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Anthropology.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Florence Evelyn Babb was born in Goshen, New York, February 21, 1951.[3]

Babb graduated from Tufts University and earned her Ph.D. in 1981 from the University at Buffalo. She taught at Colgate University, and University of Iowa. She was Vada Allen Yeomans Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Florida.[4]

Babb did field work with the Cornell-Peru Project.[5]

Babb has published several books and numerous scientific articles on the topics of gender, sexuality, race and class in changing contexts in Latin America. Her publications include "After revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua"[6] and "The Tourism Encounter: Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories".[7]

Works[edit]

  • Babb, Florence E. (1998). Between field and cooking pot: the political economy of marketwomen in Peru. Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology (Revised ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70870-9. OCLC 40452591.[8]
  • Babb, Florence E. (2001). After revolution: mapping gender and cultural politics in neoliberal Nicaragua. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70899-0. OCLC 46419767.
  • Babb, Florence E. (2011). The tourism encounter : fashioning Latin American nations and histories. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-7560-1. OCLC 719383009.
  • Babb, Florence E. (2018). Women's place in the Andes : engaging decolonial feminist anthropology. Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-29816-3. OCLC 1022080647.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Florence Babb". guide.americananthro.org. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Florence E Babb". Department of Anthropology. January 12, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Harman, Inge Maria, ed. (1985). National Directory of Latin Americanists: Biographies of 4,915 Specialists. Vol. 1 (3 ed.). Library of Congress. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8444-0491-2. OCLC 11519057.
  4. ^ "Dr. FLORENCE E. BABB". plaza.ufl.edu. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "Florence Babb and Her Research Collaborators Celebrate Her New Book". UC Press Blog. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Babb, Florence E. (November 15, 2001). After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70900-3.
  7. ^ Press, Stanford University. "Cite The Tourism Encounter: Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories - Florence E. Babb". www.sup.org. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Radcliffe, Sarah A. (February 1991). "Florence E. Babb, Between Field and Cooking Pot: The Political Economy of Marketwomen in Peru, Texas Press Sourcebooks in Anthropology, No. 15 (Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1989), pp. xiii + 245, 11.95 pb". Journal of Latin American Studies. 23 (1): 259–261. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00013675. ISSN 1469-767X. S2CID 145643842.
  9. ^ Bourque, Susan C. (September 22, 2019). "Florence E. Babb, Women's Place in the Andes: Engaging Decolonial Feminist Anthropology". Anthropological Quarterly. 92 (4): 1297–1301. doi:10.1353/anq.2019.0073. S2CID 213751265.

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