I am also revising a seminar paper I presented at the ALCESXXI conference (July 2017 Zaragoza, Spain) on gay-themed Basque films Hidden Away (Mikel Rueda, 2014) and Ander (Roberto Castón, 2009), analyzed through the lenses of transnational studies and affect theory.
Currently, I am working on an article on Argentinian drama A Year Without Love (Anahí Berneri, 2005). (Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa said, “put everything that you are in the smallest thing you do”-on the pen of his alter ego Ricardo Reis, truth be told.) My main research fields are Spanish and Latin American LGBTQ-themed film, queer studies, and the intersection of sexuality, gender identities, and national/ethnic affiliations. It cost a lot.īy the same token, my research is often linked to all the things that I am, or at least some of them. I remember the best classes that I had as a student as an almost dizzying experience, a bodily challenge-standing up and walking outside would feel eerie at times, until I had recomposed myself and gathered, once more, all the pieces. In my classes, I value mutual respect, creativity, willingness to push the limits, and constant questioning. Teaching languages, film and literature entails giving students more tools to represent, understand representations, communicate and negotiate meaning with the world. My teaching career has become an extension of such gathering. To “know thyself” suddenly requires to find oneself in the voices of others we hear on the way-written, filmed, spoken. We may lose innocence, shake our beliefs, and refashion our way of thinking, speaking and acting.
We gather all that we never bring to the surface, and much of what we push to the cellar (or the attic). Through narratives, we channel dreams and nightmares of ourselves.
ALTER EGO BAND SHARON MA MOVIE
Snuggled up at home, in the movie theater (I spent many rainy evenings there, quite a few in the Gijón International Film Festival), sitting with friends at a coffee house, or wherever time and money allow, stories help us recall places we have never been to and faces unseen. Growing up in Gijón (Asturias, Northern Spain), countless films and books, many of them gay-themed, functioned as a window out into the world-and into myself. She also attests to the pride that we may take in the process. The words of La Agrado, a character in one of the finest Spanish films ever, reflect on the many sacrifices we make and the many pieces we gather to form what we claim to be our authentic self. La Agrado, in All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, 1999). And one shouldn’t be stingy with these things, because you are more authentic the more you resemble what you’ve dreamed about yourself.” “Well, as I was telling you, it costs a lot to be authentic, ma'am. Athletics at Gustavus Gustavus Adolphus College Shield IconĪssociate Professor in Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures Spanish Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and LALACS.Fine Arts at Gustavus Musical Notes Icon.Admission at Gustavus Pencil Paper Icon.Center for International and Cultural Education.
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