Pauline Mateveke
Biographic Data
| ID | 333500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pauline Mateveke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pauline |
| FAMILY NAME | Mateveke |
| SIGNATURE | MATEVEKE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zimbabwe |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4788-4125 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Life and Music of Oliver Mtukudzi
Zimbabwean Popular Cultural Expressions of Alternative Sexual Identities
The dominant narrative within Zimbabwean popular cultural scholarship largely focuses on the Zimbabwean socio-economic and political crisis at the expense of alternative ideologies, identities and practices. I advocate for the urgency of expansive and wide-ranging epistemological attention to alternative sexual identities as part of a cultural studies research agenda. I argue that, although Zimbabwean homophobia has generally silenced alternative…
Roundtable on Dina Ligaga's Women, Visibility and Morality in Kenyan Popular Media
One of the fundamental issues that Dina Ligaga addresses in her book Women, Visibility and Morality in Kenyan Popular Media (2020), is how the Kenyan public culture controls Kenyan femininities. It
If we must be freaks, let us be freaks with a voice”
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and related communities (hereon LGBTI+) activism in Africa occupies a complex and precarious position that is constantly threatened by resilient homophobic sentiments. Homophobia in Africa has been linked to patriarchal agendas that are aimed at maintaining the supposed superiority of men by wielding sexuality as a weapon of gender oppression. The fact that the language of the West dominates LGBTI+ di…
Africanizing the discourse on homosexuality
One of the most abiding accusations in the debate on homosexuality in Africa is that the whole enterprise is ‘western’ and that it lacks ‘a true African flavour’. For some, the insistence on the human rights of homosexuals is a Euro-American imposition, while others contend that the whole raft of terms used in the discourse is foreign. Thus, terms such as ‘queer’ and ‘LGBTI’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) are regarded as exoge…
Challenging Patriarchy and Exercising Women's Agency in Zimbabwean Music
Most authors tend to distinguish women in Zimbabwean music according to the genre. While this has some merit, it tends to create an artificial demarcation amongst women artists who might face similar challenges and struggles. This article utilises the careers of two women to illustrate the challenges and successes that women in Zimbabwean music experience. Through a discussion of the careers of Chiwoniso Maraire in mbira music and Olivia Charamba…
Africanizing the discourse on homosexuality
One of the most abiding accusations in the debate on homosexuality in Africa is that the whole enterprise is ‘western’ and that it lacks ‘a true African flavour’. For some, the insistence on the human rights of homosexuals is a Euro-American imposition, while others contend that the whole raft of terms used in the discourse is foreign. Thus, terms such as ‘queer’ and ‘LGBTI’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) are regarded as exoge…
If we must be freaks, let us be freaks with a voice”
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and related communities (hereon LGBTI+) activism in Africa occupies a complex and precarious position that is constantly threatened by resilient homophobic sentiments. Homophobia in Africa has been linked to patriarchal agendas that are aimed at maintaining the supposed superiority of men by wielding sexuality as a weapon of gender oppression. The fact that the language of the West dominates LGBTI+ di…
The Life and Music of Oliver Mtukudzi
Zimbabwean Popular Cultural Expressions of Alternative Sexual Identities
The dominant narrative within Zimbabwean popular cultural scholarship largely focuses on the Zimbabwean socio-economic and political crisis at the expense of alternative ideologies, identities and practices. I advocate for the urgency of expansive and wide-ranging epistemological attention to alternative sexual identities as part of a cultural studies research agenda. I argue that, although Zimbabwean homophobia has generally silenced alternative…
Challenging Patriarchy and Exercising Women's Agency in Zimbabwean Music
Most authors tend to distinguish women in Zimbabwean music according to the genre. While this has some merit, it tends to create an artificial demarcation amongst women artists who might face similar challenges and struggles. This article utilises the careers of two women to illustrate the challenges and successes that women in Zimbabwean music experience. Through a discussion of the careers of Chiwoniso Maraire in mbira music and Olivia Charamba…
Africanizing the discourse on homosexuality
One of the most abiding accusations in the debate on homosexuality in Africa is that the whole enterprise is ‘western’ and that it lacks ‘a true African flavour’. For some, the insistence on the human rights of homosexuals is a Euro-American imposition, while others contend that the whole raft of terms used in the discourse is foreign. Thus, terms such as ‘queer’ and ‘LGBTI’ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) are regarded as exoge…
If we must be freaks, let us be freaks with a voice”
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and related communities (hereon LGBTI+) activism in Africa occupies a complex and precarious position that is constantly threatened by resilient homophobic sentiments. Homophobia in Africa has been linked to patriarchal agendas that are aimed at maintaining the supposed superiority of men by wielding sexuality as a weapon of gender oppression. The fact that the language of the West dominates LGBTI+ di…
The Life and Music of Oliver Mtukudzi
Zimbabwean Popular Cultural Expressions of Alternative Sexual Identities
The dominant narrative within Zimbabwean popular cultural scholarship largely focuses on the Zimbabwean socio-economic and political crisis at the expense of alternative ideologies, identities and practices. I advocate for the urgency of expansive and wide-ranging epistemological attention to alternative sexual identities as part of a cultural studies research agenda. I argue that, although Zimbabwean homophobia has generally silenced alternative…
Roundtable on Dina Ligaga's Women, Visibility and Morality in Kenyan Popular Media
One of the fundamental issues that Dina Ligaga addresses in her book Women, Visibility and Morality in Kenyan Popular Media (2020), is how the Kenyan public culture controls Kenyan femininities. It
Sociology (6 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works)