Elaine Salo
Elaine Salo | |
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| Born | Elaine Rosa Salo 1962 |
| Died | 13 August 2016 (aged 53–54) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Spouse | Colin Miller |
| Children | Two |
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| Discipline | women's movements |
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Elaine Rosa Salo (1962 – 13 August 2016) was a South African anthropologist, scholar and activist, who specialised in gender studies and African feminism.[1][2][3] She taught at the University of the Western Cape, the University of Cape Town, the University of Pretoria, and, until her death from cancer, at the University of Delaware.
Early life and education
Salo was born in 1962 in
Academic career
Salo taught at universities in South Africa and in the United States. She lectured at the University of the Western Cape from 1988 to 1999; the University of Cape Town from 2000 to 2009; and the University of Pretoria from 2009 to 2013, where she was director of its Institute for Women's & Gender Studies.[1][4] From 2013, until her death in 2016, she was an associate professor in political science, international relations, and women & gender studies at the University of Delaware.[1]
Her
Personal life
Salo was married to Colin Miller, and together they had two children.[1]
Salo had survived breast cancer, but it returned in the year before her death.[3] She died on 13 August 2016, in Newark, Delaware, USA, aged 54.[2]
Selected works
- Salo, Elaine (2001). "Talking about feminism in Africa". Agenda. 16 (50): 58–63. JSTOR 4066405.)
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link - Salo, Elaine (August 2003). "Negotiating Gender and Personhood in the New South Africa: Adolescent Women and Gangsters in Manenberg Township on the Cape Flats". European Journal of Cultural Studies. 6 (3): 345–365. S2CID 144419494.
- Elaine Salo (2007). "Mans is ma soe: Ganging Practices in Manenberg, South Africa, and the Ideologies of Masculinity, Gender, and Generational Relations". In Bay, Edna G.; Donham, Donald L. (eds.). States of violence: Politics, youth, and memory in contemporary Africa. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. pp. 148–178. ISBN 9780813925776.
- Salo, Elaine R. (2018). Respectable mothers, tough men and good daughters: producing persons in Manenberg township South Africa. Bamenda: Langaa Rearch and Publishing. ISBN 9789956550265.
References
- ^ a b c d e "In Memoriam Elaine Salo". Department of Women & Gender Studies. University of Delaware. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ S2CID 149002245.
- ^ a b c d "Elaine Rosa Salo: In Memoriam". Anthropology News. American Anthropological Association. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Elaine Salo: 1962–2016". University of Cape Town News. University of Cape Town. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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