Liz Gunner (born 1941) is an academic who specializes in South African literature and culture, and particularly radio.[1] She is a visiting research professor at the University of Johannesburg[2] and a professorial research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London (SOAS).[3] She has published on African literature and run workshops all over England.[4] Her Radio Soundings: South Africa and the Black Modern was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019.
Liz Gunner | |
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 Liz Gunner (2023) | |
| Born | 1941 (age 82–83) |
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| Education | University of London |
Background
editBorn in Sri Lanka, Gunner has a PhD from the University of London. She taught African literature for many years at SOAS University of London, before going to work in South Africa.[5]
Bibliography
editMonographs
edit- Radio Soundings: South Africa and the Black Modern (Cambridge University Press, 2019; ISBN 9781108556903)
- A Handbook for Teaching African Literature (Heinemann, 1984)[4]
Edited collections
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Kaarsholm, Preben (January 2013). "Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities: Review of Liz Gunner, Dina Ligaga and Dumisano Moyo, Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2011)". African Affairs. 112 (446): 160–62. doi:10.1093/afraf/ads070. ISSN 0001-9909. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Prof Liz Gunner". The Conversation. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Professor Liz Gunner". SOAS University of London. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b Rogers, Peter (July 1984). "Reviewed Work(s): A Handbook for Teaching African Literature by Elizabeth Gunner". African Affairs. 83 (332): 425–26. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097634. JSTOR 722363.
- ^ "Notes on Contributors". Kunapipi. Vol. 21, no. 3. Dangaroo Press. 1999. p. 113. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ Grätz, Tilo (March 2013). "Reviewed Work(s): Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities by Liz Gunner, Dina Ligaga and Dumisani Moyo". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 25 (1): 139–40. doi:10.1080/13696815.2013.766589. S2CID 144200718.
- ^ Geider, Thomas (1997). "Reviewed Work(s): Power, Marginality, and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner". Anthropos. 92 (1–3): 242–44.
- ^ Ben-Amos, Dan (Fall 2000). "Reviewed Work(s): Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner". Anthropological Linguistics. 42 (3): 410–14.
- ^ White, Landeg (January 1999). "Reviewed Work(s): Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Elizabeth Gunner". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 69 (1): 171–73. doi:10.2307/1161088. JSTOR 1161088.
- ^ Bryce, Jane (April 1997). "Reviewed Work(s): Power Marginality and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner". African Affairs. 96 (383): 284–86. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007833. JSTOR 723866.
- ^ James, Deborah (September 1997). "Reviewed Work(s): Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 3 (3): 619–20. doi:10.2307/3034791. JSTOR 3034791.
- ^ Tonkin, Elizabeth (1997). "Review: Performance in the Presentation of the Past. Reviewed Work(s): Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner". The Journal of African History. 38 (2): 350–51. JSTOR 182860.