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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 | + | [[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 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== | ==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) | "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) | |
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| + | "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)[https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Prismatic-Performances2], | ''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 | ||
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.
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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],
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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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