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:

A new book: Bitter almonds: 18 writers in Kabul (excerpts in English: click here!)

Letter to an Unknown Friend: Speech at International PEN’s World congress in Tromsø 2004

My doctoral thesis, defended in November 2002.
(If you need this book, please e-mail (Elisabeth.Eide@jbi.hio.no)

My lectures at the dissertation:

'Being the Other' or tourist in her reality? Reporters' attempts at cross-identification

What novels can do, and journalism can not. On the relationship between fiction and reportage

Other articles or papers in English:

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)