Dorothy M. Roome (Towson University, Maryland)

Submitted: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:38:29 -0500


Affiliations:
Department of Mass Communications, Towson University
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Women's Studies

Mail Address:
27 Tentmill Lane, Apt. E
Baltimore, Maryland  21208  USA

phone:  410-496-7090
fax:    410-496-1146
email:  roomed@clark.net


Currently teaching film courses and gender and media in an international
context, with particular reference to Africa. Conducted extensive
ethnographic research on multicultural focus groups of women in SOuth
Africa investigating humor as'cultural reconciliation'. 

Publications:

"Humor as Cultural Reconciliation in South African Situation Comedy:
Suburban Bliss and Multicultural Viewers" in  Journal for Film and Video.
(in press) 

"Global versus  Local: Audience-as-public in South African Situation
Comedy" in  International Journal for Cultural Studies. ( in press)

"Transformation and Cultural Reconciliation:Simunye, a Flexible model" in
Critical Arts- Journal for Cultural Studies 11, 1/2 1997.

"Negotiating Audiences in Sub-Saharan Africa for the year 2000." In
Articles and Dissertations. Centre for Cultural and Media Studies,
University of Natal, Durban.  September 1997.
 See: <http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications_default.htm>