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Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa

Dr Lindiwe Dovey

BA (Harvard), PhD (Cantab)

Overview

Lindiwe Dovey
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa

Senior Lecturer in African Film and Performance Arts

Centre for Media and Film Studies

Associate Member, Centre for Media and Film Studies

Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)

Member

Centre for Gender Studies

Member, Centre for Gender Studies

Name:
Dr Lindiwe Dovey
Email address:
Telephone:
020 7898 4388
Address:
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
404
On Sabbatical:
2012-13

Teaching

Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised

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Available for
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Regional Expertise
  • Africa
Country Expertise
  • South Africa
Languages

Publications

Jump to: Authored Books | Edited Books | Book Chapters | Articles | Book Reviews | Shows/Exhibitions

Authored Books

Dovey, Lindiwe (2009) African Film and Literature: Adapting Violence to the Screen. New York: Columbia University Press.

Edited Books

Dovey, Lindiwe, ed. (2010) Journal of African Cultural Studies. Special issue: African film and video: pleasure, politics, performance, v.22 (1). Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group.

Dovey, Lindiwe, ed. (2010) Journal of African Media Studies. Volume 2 Issue 1. Intellect.

Book Chapters

Dovey, Lindiwe (2012) 'Fidelity, Simultaneity and the 'Remaking' of Adaptation Studies.' In: Nicklas, Pascal and Lindner, Oliver, (eds.), Adaptation and Cultural Appropriation: Literature, Film, and the Arts. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 162-185.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2012) 'Storytelling in Contemporary African Fiction Film and Video.' In: Khatib, Lina, (ed.), Storytelling in World Cinemas Volume 1. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 89-103.

Dovey, Lindiwe and Singer, Christine (2012) 'Representations of African childhood in conflict and post-conflict contexts: Johnny Mad Dog, Ezra, and Sleepwalking Land.' In: Olson, Debbie and Scahill, Andrew, (eds.), Lost and Othered Children in Contemporary Cinema. Plymouth: Lexington Books, pp. 151-174.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2011) 'Film and Postcolonial Writing.' In: Quayson, Ato, (ed.), The Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1039-1067.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2010) 'Directors' Cut: In Defence of African Film Festivals outside Africa.' In: Iordanova, Dina and Cheung, Ruby, (eds.), Film Festival Yearbook 2: Film Festivals and Imagined Communities. St Andrews Film Studies, pp. 45-73.

Dovey, Lindiwe and Dovey, Teresa (2010) 'Coetzee on Film.' In: J.M. Coetzee's Austerities. Surrey, England; Burlington, USA: Ashgate, pp. 57-78.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2008) '"Eyes Wide Shut": Kubrick and the Representation of Gender.' In: Rhodes, Gary, (ed.), Stanley Kubrick: Essays on His Films and Legacy. Jefferson: McFarland.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2005) 'Politicising Adaptation: Re-historicising South African Literature through Fools.' In: Aragay, M., (ed.), Books in Motion. Adaptation, Intertextuality, Authorship. Rodopi, pp. 163-179.

Articles

Dovey, Lindiwe (2012) 'Report on Film Africa: Celebrating African Cinema, 3-13 November 2011.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 24 (1). pp. 113-120.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2012) 'New Looks: The Rise of African Women Filmmakers.' Feminist Africa, 16 . pp. 18-36.

Dovey, Lindiwe and Impey, Angela (2010) ''African Jim': sound, politics, and pleasure in early 'black' South African cinema.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 22 (1). pp. 57-73.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2010) 'Editorial: 'African film and video: pleasure, politics, performance'.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 22 (1). pp. 1-6.

Dovey, Lindiwe and Davies, James (2010) 'Bizet in Khayelitsha: U-Carmen eKhayelitsha as audio-visual transculturation.' Journal of African Media Studies, 2 (1). pp. 39-53.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2010) 'Editorial: Towards interpretation of screen media in Africa.' Journal of African Media Studies, 2 (1). pp. 3-7.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2009) 'Subjects of exile: Alienation in Francophone West African cinema.' International Journal of Francophone Studies .

Dovey, Lindiwe (2007) 'Redeeming Features: From 'Tsotsi' (1980) to 'Tsotsi' (2006).' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 19 (2). pp. 143-164.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2005) 'South African Cinema in Exile.' Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 41 (2). pp. 189-199.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2002) 'Towards an Art of Adaptation: Film and the New Criticism-as-Creation.' Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 2 . pp. 51-61.

Book Reviews

Dovey, Lindiwe (2011) 'Review of "Men in African Film & Fiction" edited by Lahoucine Ouzgane.' English in Africa, 38 (3). pp. 147-152.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2009) 'Review of 'The Devil you Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa'.' Cineaste, 35 (1). pp. 80-82.

Shows/Exhibitions

Dovey, Lindiwe (2012) Film Africa 2012. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Dovey, Lindiwe (2011) Film Africa 2011: Celebrating African Cinema. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Dovey, Lindiwe (2009) Cambridge African Film Festival 2009. [Shows/Exhibitions]

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