M Charlene Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 6604326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Charlene Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Charlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Pleating of History: Weaving the Threads of Nationhood
As any etymologist knows, the word 'text' is derived from the past participle of the Latin verb texere, to weave. Text is therefore something that is 'woven'. It's a persuasive metaphor, to imagine writing in terms of the warp and weft of ideas and words, of narrative threads woven together to become a piece of fabric. The idea of history as fabric brings together a whole different set of tropes, not just of weaving, but of the very materiality o…
Old Magic and New Fury: The Theaphany of Afrekete in Audre Lorde's ?Tar Beach
In Chapter 31 of Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, the young lesbian hero Audre meets a woman named Afrekete. This meeting crowns the book: from Afrekete, Audre receives the gift of knowledge of herself and learns a way to live on the borders of her multiple identities. The encounter between Audre and Afrekete functions as the sacred marriage in a heroic quest narrative. However, since the hero is an African American lesbian, the str…
The Knots of Narrative: Space, Time, and Focalization in Morte Arthure
The Chronotope is the place where the knots of narrative are tied and untied.—Bakhtin
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The Knots of Narrative: Space, Time, and Focalization in Morte Arthure
The Chronotope is the place where the knots of narrative are tied and untied.—Bakhtin
Old Magic and New Fury: The Theaphany of Afrekete in Audre Lorde's ?Tar Beach
In Chapter 31 of Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, the young lesbian hero Audre meets a woman named Afrekete. This meeting crowns the book: from Afrekete, Audre receives the gift of knowledge of herself and learns a way to live on the borders of her multiple identities. The encounter between Audre and Afrekete functions as the sacred marriage in a heroic quest narrative. However, since the hero is an African American lesbian, the str…
The Pleating of History: Weaving the Threads of Nationhood
As any etymologist knows, the word 'text' is derived from the past participle of the Latin verb texere, to weave. Text is therefore something that is 'woven'. It's a persuasive metaphor, to imagine writing in terms of the warp and weft of ideas and words, of narrative threads woven together to become a piece of fabric. The idea of history as fabric brings together a whole different set of tropes, not just of weaving, but of the very materiality o…
Art (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Astronomy (1 works) · Australian History and Society (1 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 works)