Dr. Adrienne Brown

Biography

Adrienne Brown specializes in American and African American cultural production of the twentieth century with an emphasis on the history of racial perception. Her teaching and research interests encompass critical race studies, architectural spatial studies, Modernism, Post-45 literature, and the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances. Brown's interdisciplinary works include the co-edited volume 'Race Real Estate' (Oxford, 2015), which rethinks narratives of property and citizenship, and her book 'Black Skyscraper: Architecture, Perception, Race' (Johns Hopkins, 2017), which won the Modernist Studies Association’s 2018 Book Prize, exploring the skyscraper's profound effects on the racial dynamics of urban environments. Her recent book, 'Residential Racial: A Perceptual History of Mass Homeownership' (Stanford, 2024), examines how literary and bureaucratic archives reflect changes in the definition and perception of race regarding mass homeownership. Furthermore, she has contributed to various esteemed publications, affirming her engagement with media studies and literature.

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