With a keen interest in transnational cultural crossings, Colette Guldimann is herself the product of such journeys.  She has lived, studied and taught in the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa and the Sultanate of Oman.  Her Ph.D., at the University of London, examined the ways in which American cultural forms are adapted in (post) colonial contexts, formulating a new approach to reading cross-cultural exchange.  Colette’s M.A. program at the University of Cape Town was taught by the renowned writer, Prof. J. M. Coetzee, the 2003 Nobel Laureate in literature.  In her publications Colette crosses disciplinary boundaries, drawing on a variety of theoretical approaches (semiotics, film theories, postmodernism, psychoanalysis), to illuminate a diverse range of subjects: Southern African literature and culture, cross-cultural symbols, and contemporary British poetry.  Her current research projects focus on interpretations of popular cultural forms within postcolonial contexts, particularly the postcolonial detective genre.

Ph.D., English, University of London, United Kingdom.

M.A., Literary Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

B.A., English Language and Literature, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Chapters in Books

Guldimann, C. (2009) Imported from America or Fugitive Forgeries? Drum Magazine and black popular culture in apartheid South Africa.  In Toyin Falola & Fallou Ngom (Eds.) Oral and Written Expressions of African Cultures. Durham: Carolina Academic Press. http://www.cap-press.com/isbn/9781594606472

Guldimann, C. (2003) Maru: Writing after the End of Romance. In Maxine Sample (Ed.), Bessie Head: Critical Essays. Westport CT.: Praeger/Greenwood Press. http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM1557.aspx

Guldimann, C. (2003) The Cardinals: Reclaiming Language Through the Permanent Revolution of Language Literature. In Maxine Sample (Ed.), Bessie Head: Critical Essays. Westport CT.: Praeger/Greenwood Press. http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GM1557.aspx

Guldimann, C. (2003) Headnote to 27 April: the first time by Nadine Gordimer. In Daymond, Margaret and Driver, Dorothy et al. (Eds.) Women Writing Africa Vol. 1: The Southern Region. New York: Feminist Press.                                                                    
http://www.feministpress.org/books/mj-daymond/women-writing-africa-volume-1

Articles in Refereed Journals

Guldimann, C. (1998) Difficult Poetry: Tom Raworth and the Frame of Postmodernism.  Pretexts: Studies in Writing and Culture. 6, 2:191-203.

Guldimann, C. (1997) The (Black) Male Gaze: Mbongeni Ngema's Sarafina!  South African Theatre Journal. 10, 2:85-99|

Published Conference Proceedings

Guldimann, C. (1997) The name that creates desire: Levi Strauss Advertising in South Africa.  Fissions and Fusions: Cape American Studies Association Conference Proceedings '96, pp.   157-162.

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