Maureen N Eke
Biographic Data
| ID | 1210872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maureen N Eke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maureen N |
| FAMILY NAME | Eke |
| SIGNATURE | EKE M N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-5956-7973 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Towards a Theory of Orality in African Cinema
The direct importation into Africa of methods, theories, ideas, and psychoanalytical assumptions developed in First World and applied to African cinema is not without epistemological problems. Marxist, positivist, or liberal-humanist approaches, among others, do not automatically apply in attempts to understand African films and audiences. The call on mainly Lacanian psychoanalysis as an interpretive framework assumes that African viewers have es…
To Professor Ken Harrow: Scholar, human rights activist and friend (1943–2024)
This is an obituary for Professor Kenneth Harrow (Ken as we knew him) who passed away in April 2024. A draft version of the obituary was first delivered at the 49th Annual Conference of the African Literature Association , Louisville, KY, 23–25 May 2024
Tributes to Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
In Conversation with Tess Osonye Onwueme
In Conversation with Tess Osonye Onwueme." Journal of the African Literature Association, 9(1), pp. 127–138
To Dennis, with Love and Solidarity
To Dennis, with Love and Solidarity." Journal of the African Literature Association, 4(1), pp. 95–96
Re) Considering Home, African Literature, and the African Literature Association (ALA)
Film and human rights: Whose rights, whose interpretations, what consequences
(1997). Film and human rights: Whose rights, whose interpretations, what consequences? Visual Anthropology: Vol. 9, No. 3-4, pp. 353-365
Transcending prison as a metaphor of apartheid
We examine film representations of prisons, with specific reference to the meaning of Robben Island in South African history. Topologically and symbolically, the Island represented the outer margin to which African resistance was banished. In liberation discourse, however, the Island was articulated into a symbol of defiance, a government-in-waiting, a temporarily inhabited territory. The central esthetic for black South African writing is the “t…
Gender, Language and African Women's Writing
Transcending prison as a metaphor of apartheid
We examine film representations of prisons, with specific reference to the meaning of Robben Island in South African history. Topologically and symbolically, the Island represented the outer margin to which African resistance was banished. In liberation discourse, however, the Island was articulated into a symbol of defiance, a government-in-waiting, a temporarily inhabited territory. The central esthetic for black South African writing is the “t…
Gender, Language and African Women's Writing
Film and human rights: Whose rights, whose interpretations, what consequences
(1997). Film and human rights: Whose rights, whose interpretations, what consequences? Visual Anthropology: Vol. 9, No. 3-4, pp. 353-365
Transcending prison as a metaphor of apartheid
We examine film representations of prisons, with specific reference to the meaning of Robben Island in South African history. Topologically and symbolically, the Island represented the outer margin to which African resistance was banished. In liberation discourse, however, the Island was articulated into a symbol of defiance, a government-in-waiting, a temporarily inhabited territory. The central esthetic for black South African writing is the “t…
Re) Considering Home, African Literature, and the African Literature Association (ALA)
To Dennis, with Love and Solidarity
To Dennis, with Love and Solidarity." Journal of the African Literature Association, 4(1), pp. 95–96
Tributes to Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
In Conversation with Tess Osonye Onwueme
In Conversation with Tess Osonye Onwueme." Journal of the African Literature Association, 9(1), pp. 127–138
Towards a Theory of Orality in African Cinema
The direct importation into Africa of methods, theories, ideas, and psychoanalytical assumptions developed in First World and applied to African cinema is not without epistemological problems. Marxist, positivist, or liberal-humanist approaches, among others, do not automatically apply in attempts to understand African films and audiences. The call on mainly Lacanian psychoanalysis as an interpretive framework assumes that African viewers have es…
To Professor Ken Harrow: Scholar, human rights activist and friend (1943–2024)
This is an obituary for Professor Kenneth Harrow (Ken as we knew him) who passed away in April 2024. A draft version of the obituary was first delivered at the 49th Annual Conference of the African Literature Association , Louisville, KY, 23–25 May 2024
Sociology (8 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Law (3 works)