Marlon Bailey
Marlon M. Bailey is a professor of African American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and an affiliate professor of theater and drama at Washington University in St. Louis.[1] He previously taught at Arizona State University and the University of California, San Francisco, in the Department of Medicine.[2][3]
Bailey writes and researches in the area of African-American studies.[4] He also has written about LGBT subcultures,[5] and in particular topics which involve both subjects.[6][7]
Bailey is also a director, actor, and performance artist. The most recent play that he acted in was in 2006, The Hard Evidence of existence: a Black Gay Sex (Love Show, directed by Cedric Brown. His most recent directing was in 2002 Blackness: Perspectives in Color in the Durham Studio, UC-Berkeley.
Publications[edit]
- Butch Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit,[8][9][10] ISBN 9780472071968 winner of the Alan Bray Memorial book prize.[citation needed] Bailey writes about ballroom culture in Detroit and its role in helping the Black LGBT community overcome the challenges of racism, AIDS, homophobia, and poverty.[11]
Journal articles[edit]
- “Engendering Space: Ballroom Culture and the Spatial Practice of Possibility in Detroit”, Gender, Place and Culture: The Journal of Feminist Geography, 2013
- “Gender/Racial Realness: Theorizing the gender system in ballroom culture,” Race and Transgender Issues: A Special Issue Feminist Studies 37.2, 2011
- “Performance as Intervention: Ballroom Culture and the Politics of HIV/AIDS in Detroit,” Special Issue of Gender and Sexuality: Souls: a Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society, 2009
- “Reflections on a Conversation with Efua Sutherland: and Artist with a Vision,” Connecticut Review, Vol.XX.1, 1998
Awards[edit]
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- Winner of the Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize, 2015
- Finalist for the Lambda Literary Book Award in LGBT Studies 2014
- Co-Winner of the Modern Language Association/GLQ Caucus's Compton-Noll Prize for best article in LGBTQ Studies
References[edit]
- ^ "Marlon M. Bailey". Department of African and African-American Studies. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ Patricia A. Matthew (3 October 2016). Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-4696-2772-4.
- ^ "Ballroom culture is more than a drag". By Kristin Tillotson, Star Tribune, June 26, 2013
- ^ Samuel Cruz (2013). Christianity and Culture in the City: A Postcolonial Approach. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 62–. ISBN 978-0-7391-7675-7.
- ^ Stan Hawkins (2015). Queerness in Pop Music: Aesthetics, Gender Norms, and Temporality. Routledge. pp. 244–. ISBN 978-1-317-58971-6.
- ^ Tiya Miles (12 August 2015). Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 145–. ISBN 978-1-4696-2634-5.
- ^ Jean Muteba Rahier; Percy C. Hintzen; Felipe Smith (2010). Global Circuits of Blackness: Interrogating the African Diaspora. University of Illinois Press. pp. 23–. ISBN 978-0-252-07753-1.
- ^ "“Butch Queens Up In Pumps”: House/Ball Culture Today"[usurped]. PQ Monthly, May 20, 2015
- ^ Lambda Literary, Reviews: Nonfiction: article “Butch queens up in pumps: Gender Performance and Ballroom Culture in Detroit’ by Marlon M. Bailey” By Chase Dimock. Retrieved March 13, 2015
- ^ Dána-Ain Davis; Christa Craven (1 June 2016). Feminist Ethnography: Thinking through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-0-7591-2246-8.
- ^ " Exploring "Ballroom Culture" in Detroit". Michigan Radio, Dec 19, 2013
External links[edit]
- African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies, “People, Marlon M. Bailey” Retrieved March, 13th 2015
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Department of Gender Studies, “Marlon M. Bailey”, Retrieved March 13, 2015