Snorton, C. Riley
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Snorton, C. Riley
Date of birth
1982-04-28
Field of activity
Sex Gender identity Culture--Study and teaching
Associate group
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (2018)
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (University of Chicago)
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality (University of Chicago) (2018)
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
University of Southern California
Occupation
Authors College teachers English teachers College teachers, Part-time
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Nobody is supposed to know, 2014:ECIP t.p. (C. Riley Snorton)
- C. Riley Snorton, Professor of English Language and Literature, joins the department and the Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies, in which he is in residence. Snorton is a cultural theorist who analyzes representations of race and gender throughout history; education, Ph.D.,University of Pennsylvania, 2010. Teaching at Chicago since 2018 ( (University of Chicago website, January 18, 2019:) )
- Snorton, C. Riley. Black on both sides, 2017:back cover (C. Riley Snorton is associate professor of Africana studies and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies at Cornell University and visiting associate professor of American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California)
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Wikipedia description:
C. Riley Snorton is an American scholar, author, and activist whose work focuses on historical perspectives of gender and race, specifically Black transgender identities. His publications include Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low (University of Minnesota Press, 2014) and Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity (University of Minnesota Press, 2017). Snorton is currently Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. In 2014 BET listed him as one of their "18 Transgender People You Should Know". Snorton is a highly sought after speaker and considered one of the leading voices in Black studies and cultural theory.
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