Isabel Hofmeyr
South African academic (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christine Isabel Hofmeyr (born 1953) is a South African academic who specialises in literary studies and literary history. She is professor emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she became a professor of African literature in 1994. She is particularly well known for her work in postcolonialism and work on textual circulation, textual transnationalism, and the Indian Ocean world.
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Born | 1953 (1953) |
Occupation | Professor Emeritus at University of the Witwatersrand |
Academic background | |
Education | Rhodes University School of Oriental and African Studies |
Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand (Hons, MA, PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Literary studies Literary history |
Sub-discipline | African literature |
Institutions | University of Durban–Westville (1979), University of the Witwatersrand (1984–present) |
Main interests | Postcolonialism, oral literature and oral history, print culture, textual transnationalism and circulation, Indian Ocean studies and Africa–India interaction |
Notable ideas | Hydrocolonialism |
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