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[[April Sizemore-Barber]] is an academic and researcher whose interest lies at the intersection of [[Performance Studies|performance studies]], gender/queer studies, and Africana studies.
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[[April Sizemore-Barber]] () is an American academic and researcher whose interest lies at the intersection of [[Performance Studies|performance studies]], gender/queer studies, and African studies.
 
   
 
   
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
An Assistant Professor of the Practice in Women's and Gender Studies at Georgetown University, USA, she has published quite widely on South African theatre and performance.
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An Assistant Professor of the Practice in Women's and Gender Studies at Georgetown University, USA, she has a B.A. from the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies at Oberlin College and a PhD from the University of California-Berkeley.
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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Sizemore-Barber has published quite widely on aspects of South African theatre and performance and relevant publications include:
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"Stages of Complicity, Stages of Healing: Two Theatrical Responses to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission." In:  Memory, Narrative, Forgiveness: Perspectives on the Unfinished Journeys of the Past, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009.
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"The Voice of (Which?) Africa: Miriam Makeba in America" (article in ''[[Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies]]'' Vol. 13, Nos. 3-4, July–October 2012, 251–276)
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"A Queer Transition: Whiteness in the Prismatic, Post-Apartheid Drag Performances of Pieter-Dirk Uys and Steven Cohen." ''Theatre Journal'', 68, 2 (2016)
  
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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"Archival Movements: South Africa's Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action", ''[[Safundi: The Journal of Southern African Studies]]'' (2017)
  
Relevant publications include ''Prismatic Performances Queer South Africa and the Fragmentation of the Rainbow Nation'' (University of Michigan Press, 2020),
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''Prismatic Performances Queer South Africa and the Fragmentation of the Rainbow Nation'' (University of Michigan Press, 2020)[https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Prismatic-Performances2],
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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april.sizemore.barber@berkeley.edu
  
 
https://georgetown.academia.edu/AprilSizemoreBarber
 
https://georgetown.academia.edu/AprilSizemoreBarber
  
 
https://www.press.umich.edu/10192303/prismatic_performances
 
https://www.press.umich.edu/10192303/prismatic_performances
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https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Prismatic-Performances2
  
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 07:40, 16 January 2024

April Sizemore-Barber () is an American academic and researcher whose interest lies at the intersection of performance studies, gender/queer studies, and African studies.

Biography

An Assistant Professor of the Practice in Women's and Gender Studies at Georgetown University, USA, she has a B.A. from the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies at Oberlin College and a PhD from the University of California-Berkeley.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Sizemore-Barber has published quite widely on aspects of South African theatre and performance and relevant publications include:

"Stages of Complicity, Stages of Healing: Two Theatrical Responses to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission." In: Memory, Narrative, Forgiveness: Perspectives on the Unfinished Journeys of the Past, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009.

"The Voice of (Which?) Africa: Miriam Makeba in America" (article in Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies Vol. 13, Nos. 3-4, July–October 2012, 251–276)

"A Queer Transition: Whiteness in the Prismatic, Post-Apartheid Drag Performances of Pieter-Dirk Uys and Steven Cohen." Theatre Journal, 68, 2 (2016)

"Archival Movements: South Africa's Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action", Safundi: The Journal of Southern African Studies (2017)

Prismatic Performances Queer South Africa and the Fragmentation of the Rainbow Nation (University of Michigan Press, 2020)[1],

Sources

april.sizemore.barber@berkeley.edu

https://georgetown.academia.edu/AprilSizemoreBarber

https://www.press.umich.edu/10192303/prismatic_performances

https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Prismatic-Performances2

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