Sherry Ortner

Sherry Beth Ortner (born September 19, 1941) is an American cultural anthropologist and has been a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UCLA since 2004. Quotes [Structure does not] just sit there, constrain­ing actors by its formal characteristics, but recurrently poses problems to the actors, to which they must respond”. [At the same time, structure also provides a range of problem solving options for actors that will] generate both personal satisfaction and social respect. High Religion, A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism. Princeton, Princeton University Press. (Ortner 1989: 196) External links Category:1941 births Category:Anthropologists from the United States Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty Category:Columbia University faculty Category:MacArthur Fellows Category:Jews from the United States Category:People from Newark Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:Women born in the 1940s