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Lisa Gilman
Program Director
Office: 447 PLC
Phone: (541) 346-3967
Email: lmgilman@uoregon.edu
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington, 2001
Research Areas:
African Studies Dance Gender Music, Dance and War Personal Narratives Performance and Power
Courses Taught:
American Folklore
Dance and Identity in the United States Dance and World Cultures Folklore and Gender Folklore and Sexuality Folklore in the United States Gender, Performance and Power Introduction to Folklore Voices of African Women Women's Folklore
Publications:
2009 The Dance of Politics: Performance, Gender, and Democratization in Malawi. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
2009 “Complex Genres, Intertextuality, and the Analysis of Performance.” Journal of American Folklore 122 (485): 335-62.
2006 (co-author John Fenn) “Dance, Gender, and Popular Music in Malawi: The Case of Rap and Ragga.” Special issue of Popular Music 25(3): 369-81.
2005 “Dance, Power, and the Creation of National Community in Malawian Politics.” Congress on Research in Dance Spring 2005 Conference proceedings, pp. 100-04. Florida State University. Tallahassee, Florida. Dance & Community.
2004 (co-author Clara Henderson) “Women as Religious and Political Praise Singers within African Institutions: The Case of the CCAP Blantyre Synod and Party Politics in Malawi.” Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture 8: 22-40.
2004 “The Traditionalization of Women’s Dancing, Hegemony, and Politics in Malawi.” Journal of Folklore Research 41(1): 33-60.
2001 “Purchasing Praise: Women, Dancing, and Patronage in Malawi Party Politicking.” Africa Today 48(4): 43-64.
Professional Memberships :
American Folklore Society
Society for Ethnomusicology
International Council for Traditional Music
Congress on Research in Dance
African Studies Association
National Women's Studies Association
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