American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (2018) Winner
Sunaura Taylor
スナウラ・テイラー
Sunaura Taylor
Pen Names:
Sunny（Nickname / informal name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1982-03-21 （Tucson, Arizona, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Athens, Georgia (hometown) → Oakland, California (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- painter, writer, academic, activist
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley — Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (assistant professor), Society for Disability Studies (participant/member)
- Memberships
- Society for Disability Studies
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | — | American Studies | PhD | — | United States |
New York University
American Studies
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD in American Studies (year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | American Book Award | Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Joan Mitchell Foundation Award | — | — | Joan Mitchell Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2004 | VSA arts Driving Force Grand Prize | — | — | VSAarts (VSA) | 受賞（グランドプライズ） |
American Book Award
2018
Work:
Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
2008
Organization:
Joan Mitchell Foundation
Result:
受賞
VSA arts Driving Force Grand Prize
2004
Organization:
VSAarts (VSA)
Result:
受賞（グランドプライズ）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation
2017 non-fiction / academicAn interdisciplinary work linking animal liberation and disability liberation. Through historical and theoretical analysis of bodies, labor, and exploitation, it proposes connections between the two movements.
animal rightsdisability liberationintersectionalitylabor and the body
Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert
2024 non-fiction / environmental & disability studiesConnects environmental and disability studies, using examples from a damaged desert to explore vulnerability, interdependence, and practices of recovery.
environmental ethicsdisability studiesrecovery and interdependence
Bibliography
- Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation (The New Press, 2017)
- Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert (University of California Press, 2024)
Adaptations
- Appearance in the documentary film 'Examined Life' (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly, theoretical essay styleclear activist arguments with accessible expositionvisual-art metaphors and descriptions of corporeality
- Recurring Motifs
- animal and human corporealitylabor and exploitationvulnerability and careaccessibility
Health
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arthrogryposisUses a wheelchair; embodied experience has informed her scholarship, activism, and artistic practice.
Legacy
A key voice linking disability liberation and animal liberation; notable for work that spans scholarship, activism, and visual art. Exhibited in major venues including the Smithsonian and winner of the American Book Award for Beasts of Burden, she has influence in both academic and public spheres.
Museums
- Smithsonian Institution (exhibited) Washington, D.C.
Academic Societies
- Society for Disability Studies
In Popular Culture
- Appearance in Astra Taylor's film 'Examined Life' (2008)
Trivia
- Her sister is filmmaker Astra Taylor.
- Her 'Self Portrait with TCE' was the first full-color image ever printed in Monthly Review's long history.
- She is a vegan and advocates abolitionist approaches to animal rights.