- Jay Ruby
Jay Ruby (1935- ) is an American scholar who was a professor in the [http://www.temple.edu/anthro/viscom.htm Department of Anthropology] atTemple University until his recent retirement. He received his B.A. in History (1960) and Ph.D. in Anthropology (1969) from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles .He is a leader in the field of
visual anthropology .Filmography
* "Rebekah and Sophie: A Lesbian Family" (2005)
* "Taylor Family Portrait" (2005)
* "Dear Old Oak Parkers" (2006)
* "Oak Park Regional Housing Center" (2006)
* "Val" (2006)ee also
*
Tim Asch
*Barbara Myerhoff
*Robert Gardner References
* Ruby, Jay. " [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/iwf.html The Professionalization of Visual Anthropology in the United States - The 1960s and 1970s] ." To be published in the selected proceedings of "Origins of Visual Anthropology: Putting the Past Together Conference", June, 20 - 25, 2001 in Göttingen, Germany.
*---. " [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/sync.html Out of Sync: The Cinema of Tim Asch] ." In "Picturing Culture: Essays on Film and Anthropology," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
*---. " [http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/3.2/Ruby.html The belly of the beast: Eric Michaels and the anthropology of visual communication] ." "Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture", vol. 3 no 2 (1990).
*---. " [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/cultanthro.html Visual Anthropology] ." In "Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology", David Levinson and Melvin Ember, editors. New York: Henry Holt and Company, vol. 4:1345-1351, 1996.
*---. " [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/crack.html Introduction, by Barbara Myerhoff and Jay Ruby] ." "A Crack in the Mirror: Reflexive Perspectives in Anthropology." Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.
*---. " [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/exposing.html Exposing yourself: Reflexivity, anthropology, and film] ." "Semiotica 30-1/2" (1980), pp. 153-179.
External links
* [http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/ Personal Website]
* " [http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~ruby/opp/wj1.html Doing his homework: A Saturday morning conversation with Jay Ruby] "
* [http://www.der.org/films/filmmakers/jay-ruby.html Documentary Educational Resources Filmmaker Profile]
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