Jay Ruby (1935- ) is an American scholar who was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Temple University until his recent retirement. He received his B.A. in History (1960) and Ph.D. in Anthropology (1969) from the University 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)

See also

• Tim Asch
• Barbara Myerhoff
• Robert Gardner

References

• Ruby, Jay. "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.

• ---. "Out of Sync: The Cinema of Tim Asch." In Picturing Culture: Essays on Film and Anthropology, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.

• ---. "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).

• ---. "Visual Anthropology." In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, David Levinson and Melvin Ember, editors. New York: Henry Holt and Company, vol. 4:1345-1351, 1996.

• ---. "Introduction, by Barbara Myerhoff and Jay Ruby." A Crack in the Mirror: Reflexive Perspectives in Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1982.

• ---. "Exposing yourself: Reflexivity, anthropology, and film." Semiotica 30-1/2 (1980), pp. 153-179.

External links

• Personal Website
• Doing his homework: A Saturday morning conversation with Jay Ruby
• Documentary Educational Resources Filmmaker Profile

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