Serena Nanda Explained

Serena Nanda
Birth Date:13 August 1938
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Nationality:American
Education:New York University (PhD)
Awards:Ruth Benedict Prize (1990)

Serena Nanda (born August 13, 1938) is an American author, anthropologist, and professor emeritus. She received the Ruth Benedict Prize in 1990 for her monograph, Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India.

Biography

Serena Nanda was born on August 13, 1938, in New York City[1] and received her Doctor of Philosophy in anthropology from New York University.[2] She is the co-author of two anthropology textbooks: Culture Counts: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (5th Edition) and Cultural Anthropology (12th edition). Among her areas of specialty was the topic of gender diversity, having written the major reference book on the hijras of India.[3] [4] As of August 2021, she was a professor emeritus at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.[5]

Awards

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Serena Nanda . www.seniorwomen.com . 28 April 2019.
  2. Web site: NYU Department of Anthropology.
  3. News: Beauchamp . Zack . There is a third gender in India, and the law finally recognized them . 3 December 2020 . Vox . 16 April 2014.
  4. News: Shields . Rachel . India's 'third sex' win a measure of public acceptance . 3 December 2020 . Independent . 21 February 2010.
  5. Web site: Serena Nanda. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 23 March 2014 . en. 28 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Ruth Benedict Prize . Minnesota State University Moorhead . 28 April 2019.