# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherry-ortner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:37:41.650Z

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name: "Sherry Ortner"
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description: "Sherry Beth Ortner is an American cultural anthropologist. She is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (Emerita) at UCLA."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump