PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2021) Winner
Daphne A. Brooks
ダフネ・ブルックス
Daphne Burukkusu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1968-11-16 （Redwood City, California, USA）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- San Francisco Bay Area (origin) → New Haven, Connecticut (Yale University affiliation)
Career
- Occupations
- Scholar, Writer, Music critic
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Affiliations
- Yale University
- Influenced By
- Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Rock artists (e.g., Led Zeppelin, Queen)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | — | English | BA | — | United States |
| University of California, Los Angeles | — | English | MA | — | United States |
| University of California, Los Angeles | — | English | PhD | — | United States |
University of California, Berkeley
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of California, Los Angeles
English
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
University of California, Los Angeles
English
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
PhD awarded (June 1997)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Errol Hill Award for Outstanding Scholarship on African American Performance | Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910 | — | ASTR | 受賞 |
Errol Hill Award for Outstanding Scholarship on African American Performance
Work:
Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910
Organization:
ASTR
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
Jeff Buckley’s Grace
2005 Music criticism / Non-fictionA short non-fiction study examining Jeff Buckley’s musical development and how diverse cultural influences shaped his singing and artistry.
Music and cultureIdentityInfluence networks
Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910
2006 Scholarly work / Performance studiesA scholarly study exploring how African American performance from the mid-19th to early 20th century used the body to express racial subjectivity and resistance, examining figures such as Henry Box Brown.
PerformanceEmbodimentResistance and liberationAfrican American history
Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
2021 Scholarly work / Cultural and sound studiesExplores the intellectual history of Black feminist approaches to sound, reevaluating Black women’s cultural production through the intersection of sonic practice and feminist theory.
Black feminismSound studiesGender and race
Bibliography
- Jeff Buckley’s Grace (2005)
- Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910 (2006)
- Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly and analytical proseCritical music-writing perspectiveArgumentation informed by feminist theory
- Recurring Motifs
- Performance and embodimentBlack subjectivityIntersections of music and culture
Legacy
Daphne Brooks is recognized for significant contributions to performance studies and Black cultural studies, valued for her distinctive linkage of music and embodiment. Her interdisciplinary work has influenced discussions in Black feminism and sound studies.
Quotes
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To me, performance studies is a discipline that enables you to radically contextualize how we think about the production of culture and, as a black feminist scholar it enables me to think about the body and the corporeal as being central to our understanding of cultural production.
Source: Interview transcript / cited on Wikipedia (ref. 6)
Trivia
- Has been a devoted fan of rock music since childhood, which influenced her research interests.
- Youngest of three siblings.