I am currently working
on a book on El carnero, a XVIIth century chronicle on the first one hundred
years of the Nuevo Reino de Granada, written by Juan Rodríguez
Freile. El carnero is one of the most important and unique texts of the
Latin American Colonial period. It marks a crucial development: from the
chronicles of conquest and discovery, to the writing of a colonial subject,
confronting the social and administrative realities of the new territories.
This singular change entails fundamental reconfigurations in the perception
of topography, individuals, and the community as a whole, and the way
they are represented in narrative. The writing of history confronts these
issues by articulating different discursive practices that, in their desire
to unite experience with the cultural archive, transform language and
meanings in new and unexpected ways.
My research interests also include the study of autobiographies, memoirs,
and the configuration of forms of selfhood during the colonial period,
but also in the contemporary Caribbean. I am interested particularly in
Puerto Rican autobiographies, a recent development among intellectuals,
politicians and artists in the island.
With regards to teaching, I have had the opportunity to offer a wide variety
of language, literature and culture courses. I have taught Colonial Latin
American literature, Puerto Rican literature in the island and in the
United States, contemporary Latin American literature, critical theory
courses, and culture of the Hispanic Caribbean.
Sample course titles:
-Engendering America (Gender in Colonial Latin America)
-Colonial Legacies
-Fictions of Memory
-Caribbean Latina Women Writers
-Introduction to Literary Theory
El trazo
de la mirada:
escritura e imagen en
España
y Latinoamérica
|
| EDUCATION |
|
| 1998 |
BROWN
UNIVERSITY. Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies. |
| 1988 |
BROWN
UNIVERSITY. Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies. |
| 1982 |
UNIVERSITY
OF PUERTO RICO. Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature. |
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
| EDITIONS |
|
| 1.
2001 |
El
trazo de la mirada: escritura e imagen en España y Latinoamérica.
Luis F. Avilés, Ivette N. Hernández-Torres and
José A. Rosado, eds. La Torre
VI, Nos. 20-21. |
| ARTICLES
IN REFEREED JOURNALS |
|
| 1.
Forthcoming |
"Memoria
del campo: la autobiografía de Carmen Luisa Justiniano".
Article accepted and forthcoming in the journal Desde la
Torre. |
| 2.
Forthcoming |
"Escritura
y misticismo en los Afectos espirituales de la madre
Castillo" Forthcoming in Revista Iberoamericana. |
| 3.
2001 |
"El
cuerpo de la historia: la doncella huérfana en El carnero".
Colonial Latin American Review Vol. 10, No. 1: 7-23. |
| 4.
1998 |
"Traición
e identidad en 'Malinche' de Rosario Castellanos." Inti
48: 33-44.
A version of this article will appear with the title "Un
destino encadenado: Malinche de Rosario Castellanos",
in Escritura, Individuo y sociedad en España y las
Américas. Homenaje a Luce López-Baralt y Mercedes
López-Baralt, William Mejías, ed. |
| 5.
1998 |
"Retórica
del sujeto en El carnero." Special issue on Colonial
Latin America, Latin American Literary Review 52: 134-152. |
| ARTICLES
IN BOOKS OR COLLECTIONS |
|
| 1.
Forthcoming |
"Trazar
el exceso, limar la intemperie: la ciudad en Lima por dentro
y fuera." Article selected for publication and forthcoming
in the Actas del XXIII Congreso del Instituto de Literatura
Iberoamericana. |
| 2.
1994 |
"El
desorden de un reino: historia y poder en El carnero."
Selected for publication in Conquista y contraconquista:
La escritura del Nuevo Mundo (Actas del XXVIII Congreso
del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana), Julio
Ortega y José Amor y Vázquez, eds. México:
El Colegio de México/ Brown University, págs.
219-229. |
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