Tani Barlow is an American historian. She is the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Formerly, Barlow was a professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is known for her research on feminism in China.
Tani Barlow | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Title | George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History, gender studies, China |
| Institutions | Rice University |
Career
editBarlow was professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington. She researched modern China with a particular focus on feminism in China.[1][2] She received the Best New Journal Award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 1995 for her journal Positions: Asia critique.[1] In 2008, she published a co-edited volume entitled The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization on Duke University Press.[3]
She is currently the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University.[4] In 2021, Barlow published In The Event of Women with Duke University Press.[5]
Selected works
edit- Tani Barlow, In The Event of Women Durham: Duke University Press, 2021.
- Tani Barlow, Madeleine Dong, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, and Alys Weinbaum (eds.) The Modern Girl Around the World, Durham: Duke University Press, 2008.
- Tani Barlow (ed.), New Asian Marxisms, Durham: Duke University Press, 1997
- Tani Barlow and Angela Zito, Body, Subject, and Power in China, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994
Notes
edit- ^ a b "Tani Barlow: Scholar of Woman Studies". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
- ^ DuBois, Ellen Carol (Spring 2008), "How Tani Barlow Answers The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism", Journal of Women's History, 20 (1): 227–230, doi:10.1353/jowh.2008.0016, S2CID 145014417.
- ^ Kim, Sonja (2011). "Review of The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization". Journal of World History. 22 (2): 411–415. ISSN 1045-6007. JSTOR 23011736.
- ^ "Tani Barlow". Rice University. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Tani Barlow Lecture: In the Event of Women // Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies". Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. December 7, 2022.
External links
edit- Google scholar profile
- Tani Barlow Papers – Pembroke Center Archives, Brown University