Welcome to Elisabeth Eide's homepage, English version!
Unfortunately,
most of my publications are in Norwegian language, but here are a few
links which may prove useful for English speakers:
Fiction and related:
An Afghanistan Anthology (2004) Bitter almonds: 18 writers in Kabul
Letter to an Unknown Friend: Speech at International PEN’s World congress in Tromsø 2004
Five novels, published in Norwegian (and some other languages, but not English):
The Wheel of Development (1997)
Where Darkhess Plays with Time (1998)
To find you (2005). Click here for sample translation (3 chapters in English)
My doctoral thesis, defended in November 2002.
(If you need this book, please e-mail (Elisabeth.Eide@jbi.hio.no)
Lectures at the dissertation:
'Being the Other' or tourist in her reality? Reporters' attempts at cross-identification (a version later published in Social Identities 1/2007)
What novels can do, and journalism can not. On the relationship between fiction and reportage
Other articles or papers in English:
The Empire and the Egyptians, Nordicom Review 2/2006
Warfare and dual vision, in: Ottosen/Nohrstedt (eds.): U.S. and the Others. Global Media Images on “The War on Terror” (2004)
The Long Distance Runner and Discourses on Europe's Others. Ethnic Minority Representation in Feature Stories
Gender
and media - lecture at a seminar initiated by IAWRT (International
Association of Women in Radio and Television), NRK, Oslo, december 2000
The Twenty Per cent Limit. On Gender and Norwegian Media, WIN News
Is the African Woman Allowed to Speak? Paper to IAMCR-conference, Glasgow, 1998
Recommended websites:
www.zmag.org (a website publishing a variety of critical, radical intellectuals/journalists)
www.fair.org (a website concerned with media critique)
www.afghan-web.com (a very informative website – daily updated – on Afghanistan)