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'''Tani Barlow''' is a scholar of feminism, postcoloniality, and history in Asia and most specifically in China. She is the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of History and director of the Chao Center for Asian Studies at [[Rice University]].<ref>[https://history.rice.edu/faculty/tani-barlow Tani Barlow] Rice History Department</ref> Formerly, Barlow was a professor of history and women studies at the [[University of Washington]].<ref>[https://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1995b.html Tani Barlow: Scholar of Woman Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153343/https://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1995b.html |date=2011-06-04 }}
'''Tani Barlow''' is an American historian. She is the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at [[Rice University]] in [[Houston]], Texas. Formerly, Barlow was a professor of history and women studies at the [[University of Washington]] and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is known for her research on [[feminism in China]].
</ref> She is known for her research on Chinese feminism.<ref>{{citation|first=Ellen Carol|last=DuBois|title=How Tani Barlow Answers ''The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism''|journal=Journal of Women's History|volume=20|issue=1|date=Spring 2008|pages=227–230|doi=10.1353/jowh.2008.0016}}.</ref>


==Career==
Barlow edits the journal ''positions: east asia cultures critique'',<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=45627|title=positions: east asia cultures critique|publisher=Duke University Press|accessdate=2015-12-30|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926121831/https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=45627|archivedate=2012-09-26|df=}}.</ref> for which she received the 1995 Best New Journal Award, the 2009 Best Special Issue Award and the 2011 Best Special Issue Award from The Council of Editors of Learned Journals of the [[Modern Language Association]].


Barlow was professor of history and women studies at the [[University of Washington]]. She researched modern China with a particular focus on [[feminism in China]].<ref name="Web">{{cite web |title=Tani Barlow: Scholar of Woman Studies| url=https://web.archive.https://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1995b.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153343/https://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1995b.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Ellen Carol|last=DuBois|title=How Tani Barlow Answers ''The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism''|journal=Journal of Women's History|volume=20|issue=1|date=Spring 2008|pages=227–230|doi=10.1353/jowh.2008.0016|s2cid=145014417}}.</ref> She received the Best New Journal Award from the [[Council of Editors of Learned Journals]] in 1995 for her journal ''Positions: Asia critique''.<ref name="Web" /> In 2008, she published a co-edited volume entitled ''The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization'' on [[Duke University Press]].<ref name="JWH">{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Sonja |title=Review of The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization |journal=Journal of World History |date=2011 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=411–415 |jstor=23011736 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23011736 |issn=1045-6007}}</ref>
==Education==
*1985 Ph.D. History, [[University of California, Davis]],
*1979 M.A. History, University of California, Davis
*1975 B.A. History and Chinese language dual degree, [[San Francisco State University]]


She is currently the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at [[Rice University]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=Tani Barlow |url=https://profiles.rice.edu/faculty/tani-barlow |website=Rice University|access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref> In 2021, Barlow published ''In The Event of Women'' with [[Duke University Press]].<ref name="Lecture">{{cite web |title=Tani Barlow Lecture: In the Event of Women // Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies |url=https://asia.nd.edu/latest/events/2022/12/07/tani-barlow-lecture-in-the-event-of-women/ |website=Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies |date=December 7, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
==Publications==

*Tani Barlow, Madeleine Dong, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, and Alys Weinbaum (eds.) ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120607033725/https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=16335 The Modern Girl Around the World]'', Durham: Duke University Press, 2008
==Selected works==
*Tani Barlow, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120926122513/https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=3107 The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism]'', Durham: Duke University Press, 2004
*Tani Barlow (ed.) ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927022347/https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=9334 New Asian Marxisms]'', Durham: Duke University Press, 1997
*Tani Barlow, ''In The Event of Women'' Durham: Duke University Press, 2021.
*Tani Barlow, Madeleine Dong, Uta Poiger, [[Priti Ramamurthy]], Lynn Thomas, and Alys Weinbaum (eds.) ''The Modern Girl Around the World'', Durham: Duke University Press, 2008.
*Tani Barlow (ed.), ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927022430/https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=660 Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia]'', Durham: Duke University Press, 1997
*Tani Barlow (ed.), ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120927022401/https://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=1033 Gender Politics in Modern China: Writing and Feminism]'', Durham: Duke University Press, 1994
*Tani Barlow (ed.), ''New Asian Marxisms'', Durham: Duke University Press, 1997
*Tani Barlow and Angela Zito, ''Body, Subject, and Power in China'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994
*Tani Barlow and Angela Zito, ''Body, Subject, and Power in China'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994

==Video==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKzpWk4OWfQ A lecture at Duke University]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://history.rice.edu/faculty.aspx?id=442 Rice University, Department of History website]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} - Includes Barlow's Curriculum Vitae, Courses, and Selected Papers.
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_yQsG-EAAAAJ Google scholar profile]
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_yQsG-EAAAAJ Google scholar profile]
* [https://library.brown.edu/collatoz/info.php?id=540/ Tani Barlow Papers] - Pembroke Center Archives, Brown University
* [https://library.brown.edu/collatoz/info.php?id=540/ Tani Barlow Papers] Pembroke Center Archives, Brown University


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Tani Barlow
NationalityAmerican
TitleGeorge and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, gender studies, China
InstitutionsRice University

Tani Barlow is an American historian. She is the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Formerly, Barlow was a professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is known for her research on feminism in China.

Career

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Barlow was professor of history and women studies at the University of Washington. She researched modern China with a particular focus on feminism in China.[1][2] She received the Best New Journal Award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 1995 for her journal Positions: Asia critique.[1] In 2008, she published a co-edited volume entitled The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization on Duke University Press.[3]

She is currently the George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities at Rice University.[4] In 2021, Barlow published In The Event of Women with Duke University Press.[5]

Selected works

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  • Tani Barlow, In The Event of Women Durham: Duke University Press, 2021.
  • Tani Barlow, Madeleine Dong, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, and Alys Weinbaum (eds.) The Modern Girl Around the World, Durham: Duke University Press, 2008.
  • Tani Barlow (ed.), New Asian Marxisms, Durham: Duke University Press, 1997
  • Tani Barlow and Angela Zito, Body, Subject, and Power in China, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Tani Barlow: Scholar of Woman Studies". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  2. ^ DuBois, Ellen Carol (Spring 2008), "How Tani Barlow Answers The Question of Women in Chinese Feminism", Journal of Women's History, 20 (1): 227–230, doi:10.1353/jowh.2008.0016, S2CID 145014417.
  3. ^ Kim, Sonja (2011). "Review of The Modern Girl around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization". Journal of World History. 22 (2): 411–415. ISSN 1045-6007. JSTOR 23011736.
  4. ^ "Tani Barlow". Rice University. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Tani Barlow Lecture: In the Event of Women // Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies". Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. December 7, 2022.
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