Susan Brownell

Susan Brownell is a professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Missouri St. Louis. She is known for her work on sport in China, the Olympic Games, World's Fairs, and the anthropology of the body and gender.

Susan Brownell
OccupationCultural Anthropology
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
University of California Santa Barbara
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Missouri St. Louis

Early life and education

Brownell's childhood was spent in Virginia where she competed for Lexington High School.[1][2] She attended the University of Virginia, where she was a college athlete who specialized in the heptathlon and pentathalon.[2][3] She competed in the United States' 1980 and 1984 trials for the Olympic team.[4] In 1982 she received her B.A. from the University of Virginia and was an All-American in the heptathlon.[5]

As a graduate student, Brownell spent extended periods of time in China, and competed with a Chinese team in the 1986 National College Games.[4] In 1990 she earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California Santa Barbara.[6] Brownell has been at the University of Missouri–St. Louis since 1994.[6]

Work

Brownell's first introduction to China was from stories her grandmother told her.[6] Some of her work focuses on the body in culture and society; medical anthropology; gender and sexuality; plastic surgery; beauty pageants; and world's fairs.

Brownell was in China at the Beijing Sport University for one year with funding from the Fulbright Program. During that period her research centered on the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing.[7]

Selected publications
  • Brownell, Susan (August 1, 1995). Training the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People's Republic (1st ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-07647-8.[8]
  • Laqueur, Thomas (January 7, 2002). Brownell, Susan; Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. (eds.). Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21103-2.[9]
  • Brownell, Susan (January 28, 2008). Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China. Lanham (Md.): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7425-5640-9.[10]
  • Brownell, Susan (December 1, 2008). The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games: Sport, Race, and American Imperialism. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-1098-1.

Awards and honors

In 2015, she won the University of Missouri St. Louis's Chancellor's Award for Research and Creativity.[6]

References
  1. Blackwell, Mary A. (May 29, 1977). "Andrew Lewis wins girls AA track title". The Daily News Leader. p. 23. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. Markon, John (April 4, 1982). "Brownell film debut: look close". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. 92. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. "Article clipped from The Roanoke Times". The Roanoke Times. July 8, 1982. p. 14. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. Johnson, Ian (April 15, 2008). "World News: U.S. Academic Defends China, Citing Progress; New Book Explains Beijing's Perspective On Sports, Olympics". Wall Street Journal , Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. pp. A.9. – via Proquest.
  5. Hersh, Phil (September 12, 1993). "AMERICAN BACKS CHINA DRUG STATEMENT:". Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 Fulltext) ; Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Ill]. p. 14 – via Proquest.
  6. "Dr. Susan Brownell | UMSL". www.umsl.edu. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  7. "Fulbright Scholar Stories | Susan Brownell | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  8. Reviews for Training the Body for China
  9. Reviews for Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader
  10. Reviews for Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China
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