FACULTY

Ms. Roxanne Burton
Dr. Henderson Carter
Prof. Alan Cobley
Dr. Aviston Downes
Dr. Richard Goodridge
Dr. Tara Inniss
Dr. Alana Johnson
Prof. Emeritus Woodville Marshall
Dr. Sabrina Rampersad
Dr. Frederick Ochieng'-Odhiambo
Dr. Elaine Rocha
Dr. Cleve Scott
Prof. Alvin Thompson
Prof. Pedro Welch

Dr. Elaine Rocha
PhD (São Paulo), MA ( Pretoria), MA (Pontificia), Especialization in Popular Education (Oeste Catarinense), BA (Taubaté)

Lecturer in Latin American History

Room: X14

Tel.: (246) 417-4389
Fax: (246) 424-0634
E-mail: elaine.rocha (at) cavehill.uwi.edu

Brief Bio:

Elaine Rocha was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been studying history for about 30 years and teaching for 26 years, 21 of those at university level. Dr Rocha has lived in different regions of Brazil, including the Amazon, Santa Catarina (South), and Rio de Janeiro, as well as other countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Ethiopia.

Besides being a Historian, Dr Rocha has sporadically acted as journalist and published a few articles in newspapers and magazines.

Research Interests:

Black History, Racial Relations, Gender, Woman’s History, History and Literature, Biography, Popular History.

Select Publications:

Racism in Novels: A Comparative Study of Brazilian and South African Cultural History. New Castle, Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2010.

Entre a Espada e a Pena: a trajetória de Leolinda Daltro 1859-1934. Salvador, UNEB 2005.
Rocha, E. (ed.) Family conversations: Let’s tell the secrets – Domestic violence in Ethiopian society. (proceedings from the conference) Addis Ababa University, Heinrich Boell Foundation and US Embassy in Addis Ababa, 2007.

Saci Perere, o vento da liberdade. Rio de Janeiro, OR, 2000.
 “Quando a sociedade enfrenta o estado. A luta de agricultures e índios contra a Itaipu Binacional”. (When the society faces the State. The struggle of peasants and Indians against the Itaipu Bi-national). In: Gebran, Philomena (ed.). História Cultural. Goiana, Editora Vieira, 2006. pp. 75-95.

“A longa Novela do Racismo. Comparando história e literatura no Brasil e na África do Sul” (The long novel of racism: comparing racism in Brazilian and South African literature). Antíteses. E-journal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Vol. 1, n. 2, jul./dez. 2008. Dossiê Intolerâncias.  http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/1891/1650

“Antes índio que negro”. Dimensões. Revista de História da UFES. Vitória: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, nº 18, p. 203-220, 2006.

“Novas direções no estudo de história: gênero e etnicidade”, Revista do Departmento de Historia, 4, 2000, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, pp.145-60.

“Os números do gênero”. Book review in Samara, Eni Mesquita (ed.) As Idéias e os Números do Genero organized by Eni de Mesquita Samara. Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População, 15(1), 1998, pp.133-37.

“Homens e mulheres no universo boêmio de Lupicínio Rodrigues”. Book review: “Melodia e Sintonia”, by Maria Izilda S. Matos & Fernando Faria. Revista Teoria e Debate 10(34), 1997, pp. 72-73.

“O pesquisador e o objeto de pesquisa”. Integração. Revista do Centro de Pesquisas, 2(7),1996, pp. 291-95.