Peggy Phelan

Peggy Phelan
Born
Margaret Phelan

New York
Awards2004 Guggenheim Fellowship for Theatre Arts
Philosophical work
Main interestsFeminist performance studies

Peggy Phelan (born April 23, 1959) is an American feminist scholar. She is the Ann O’Day Maples Professor of the Arts, Professor of Theater & Performance Studies, and Professor of English at Stanford University.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Phelan is a former president and treasurer of Performance Studies International; the former chair of New York University's Department of Performance Studies from 1993 to 1996 and of Stanford University's Drama Department; and the former Denning Family Director of the Stanford Arts Institute. She is currently the Ann O’Day Maples Professor of the Arts, Professor of Theater & Performance Studies, and Professor of English at Stanford University.[1][2][3]

Phelan's research interests include American literature, British literature, and performance studies with a focus in poetry and drama.[1] Her work is primarily concerned with the ephemerality of live performance.[5] While most of her initial work was rooted in feminist post-structuralism and psychoanalysis,[6][7] her more recent work is concerned with media, photography, and visual arts.[8] She has written on topics including the selfie,[9] Ronald Reagan,[10] and Andy Warhol.[11] Her most widely recognized essay is "The Ontology of Performance," originally published in her book Unmarked: The Politics of Performance (1993).[12]

Selected publications

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Peggy Phelan". Department of English. Stanford University. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Contact Warhol: Photography Without End". Cantor Arts Center Exhibitions. Stanford University. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "From 'The Ontology of Performance: Representation without reproduction'". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  4. ^ Feder, Sandra (March 29, 2021). "Feminist art installation holds lessons 50 years later". Department of English. Stanford University. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  5. ^ Westerman, Jonah (2015). "Between Action and Image: Performance as 'Inframedium'". Tate. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  6. ^ Phelan, Peggy (1988). "Feminist Theory, Poststructuralism, and Performance". TDR (1988-). 32 (1): 107–127. doi:10.2307/1145873.
  7. ^ Phelan, Peggy (2003). "Performance, Live Culture and Things of the Heart". Journal of Visual Culture. 2 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1177/1470412903002003002. ISSN 1470-4129.
  8. ^ "The selfie as a feminist act". The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Stanford University. May 15, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  9. ^ Bennett, Jessica (August 11, 2014). "9 Reasons Selfies Are Good For Women". TIME. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  10. ^ Mcdevitt, Neale (March 2, 2014). "March 20: From the Spectacle Society to the Performance Society: Ronald Reagan". McGill Reporter. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  11. ^ Phelan, Peggy (1999). "Andy Warhol: Performances of Death in America". In Jones, Amelia; Stephenson, Andrew (eds.). Performing the Body/Performing the Text. Routledge. pp. 223–226. ISBN 9780203983553.
  12. ^ Phelan, Peggy (2006). "The Ontology of Performance: Representation without Reproduction". Unmarked: The Politics of Performance. Routledge. pp. 146–166. ISBN 9780203359433.
  13. ^ "Peggy Phelan". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  14. ^ "All Past Themes and Scholars" (PDF). Getty. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  15. ^ "Peggy Phelan". Stanford Humanities Center. Retrieved March 31, 2025.


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