Background
Lock, Helen Mary was born on February 26, 1952 in Cardiff, Wales. Daughter of Leonard Wallace and Nora Mary (Thomas) Lock. came to the United States, 1983.
(The detective story, staple of Western popular culture, h...)
The detective story, staple of Western popular culture, has undergone a transformation in recent African American fiction. In the work of Ishmael Reed, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison, among others, a pattern of detection emerges which has its roots in African mythology and aesthetics. The traditionally marginal figure of the victim here takes center stage, and the investigation focuses not on «whodunit?» but on how to undo it: how to invalidate the victimization by resurrecting the victim as a fully autonomous, de-marginalized figure.
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Lock, Helen Mary was born on February 26, 1952 in Cardiff, Wales. Daughter of Leonard Wallace and Nora Mary (Thomas) Lock. came to the United States, 1983.
Bachelor with honours, University Liverpool, England, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1991.
Teacher English Gravesend (England) High School, 1977-1983. Graduate teaching assistant University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1985-1991. Assistant professor Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, since 1991.
(The detective story, staple of Western popular culture, h...)
Member Modern Language Association, South Control Modern Language Association, National Association for Ethnic Studies.