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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 ==
  
April Sizemore-Barber, has taught at the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies,University of California, Berkeley, and been an Assistant Professor of the Practice in Women's and Gender Studies at Georgetown University, USA,  
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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.
  
She has published quite widely on South African theatre and performance.
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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.
  
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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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)
  
Relevant publications include a number of books, articles and reviews
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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)
  
Among them:  
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"Archival Movements: South Africa's Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action", ''[[Safundi: The Journal of Southern African Studies]]'' (2017)
  
"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) and ''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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