research overview
- Brian Valente-Quinn (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) specializes in the literature and drama of Sub-Saharan Africa with a research focus on Francophone African and contemporary French theater and performance.
- Contact Info
Valente-Quinn, Brian Dennis
Positions
- Associate Professor, French & Italian
- Assoc Chair, French & Italian
Research Areas
- African Languages/Literature
- Area Studies (Arts/Humanities)
- Arts, General/Other
- Arts/Humanities/Cultural Activities
- Criticism
- Cultural Activities
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Identity
- Culture
- Drama
- Dramatic/Theatre Arts
- French Language/Literature
- Language and/or Literature
- Language and/or Literature, Drama
- Language and/or Literature, Fiction
- Literary Criticism
- Narrative
- Performing Arts
- Theatre/Film Criticism
Research
keywords
- French and francophone studies, African studies, performance studies, literary studies, Senegalese studies, francophone Africa, literary and cultural production of the francophone world
Publications
selected publications
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book
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chapter
- Politicizing the “Universal” of the African Diasporic Stage Space in France. 503-513. 2024
- Of Authenticity and Engagement in Francophone African Cultural Production. 29-44. 2021
- African Performance and Experimental Traditions. 211-216. 2018
- Staging Culture: Senghor, Malraux and the Theatre Programme at the First World Festival of Negro Arts 2016
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journal article
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Performing the Cold War in the postcolonial world: theatre, film, literature and things.
179-182.
2024
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Crafting the Popular Stage Space in Urban Senegal.
Research in African Literatures.
168-168.
2020
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Trance States and Sufi Stages: The Poetics and Politics of Murid Theatre in Senegal.
Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.).
425-442.
2020
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Sur les traces de Bamba Mos Xam : l’invention du théâtre mouride.
Continents manuscrits.
2019
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Infrastructures of utopia: ruination and regeneration of the African future.
Africa.
332-351.
2018
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Critical Standards of African Art.
African Arts.
10-15.
2017
- De-Centering Theatrical Heritage: Forum Theater in Contemporary Senegal. African Studies Quarterly. 2014
- Ruines d'Utopies: L'Ecole William Ponty et l'Université du Futur Africain. Politique Africaine. 2014
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Performing the Cold War in the postcolonial world: theatre, film, literature and things.
179-182.
2024
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles 2015
- M.A., Columbia University Central office 2002
- B.A., Fordham University 2001
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Africa Continent
- Benin Country
- Burkina Faso Country
- Côte d'Ivoire Country
- Europe Continent
- France Country
- Portugal Country
- Senegal Country
- Tunisia Country
- United Kingdom Country