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Ranka Primorac is interested in how the novel genre transmits and refracts critical engagements with modernity, focusing on the circuits of the genre's circulation and the forms of economic, social, and cultural capital involved. A central theme of her research is the African novel in English. Her monograph, 'Place Tears: Novel Politics in Modern Zimbabwe' (2006), charts the formal decolonization of Zimbabwe as reflected in the novel's engagement with social production and space-time. Currently, she is working on a provisional title 'Queues Limitless Hope', which examines representations of modern subjectivity in the context of social crises in Southern Africa. She holds BA, Master's, and PhD degrees from universities in Zagreb, Zimbabwe, and Nottingham Trent, respectively. Primorac has been a permanent lecturer at the University of Southampton since 2010 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Permanent lecturer at the University of Southampton, focusing on African and Postcolonial World literatures.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Promoted to Associate Professor, involved in advanced teaching and research.