Marlon Bailey
American academic
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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.[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
- 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
- “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
- 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