Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Arkansas
About
Dr. Erika Almenara is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arkansas. She received her PhD in Romance languages and literatures (Spanish) from the University of Michigan in 2015. Her research interests include 20th and 21st century Latin American cultural production especially in the cases of subaltern/marginal subjects and communities. At the University of Arkansas, she teaches courses on masculinity, contemporary Latin American literature, the intersection between politics and aesthetics, and trauma writing. She has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Nomadías, Revista del Centro de Estudios de Género y Cultura de América Latina, Revista Iberoamericana, Dissidences and Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism.
Current Work:
Dr. Almenara is currently working on a book project that looks at Peru and Chile in the 20th and 21st centuries, arguing that contemporary Latin American narratives generated or constructed around non-hegemonic genders, and sexualities can be read not only as works about personal identity, but also as constitutive of a horizon of an alternative political language.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Latin America, gender, sexuality, state violence, culture
