Liz Gunner

Liz Gunner
Liz Gunner (2023)
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Sri Lanka
Academic background
EducationUniversity of London

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.

Background

Born 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

Monographs

  • 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

  • Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities (with Dina Ligaga and Dumisano Moyo; Wits UP, 2011)[1][6]
  • Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature (with Graham Furniss, 2008)[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Prof Liz Gunner". The Conversation. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Professor Liz Gunner". SOAS University of London. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Notes on Contributors". Kunapipi. Vol. 21, no. 3. Dangaroo Press. 1999. p. 113. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Geider, Thomas (1997). "Reviewed Work(s): Power, Marginality, and African Oral Literature by Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner". Anthropos. 92 (1–3): 242–44.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.