I am a scholar of modern Caribbean and Latin American literature and culture, and in studying these areas I have two major foci. I study literature in relation to other discourses such as anthropology, looking at the ways in which ideas about culture and race have evolved over time. My interest in media and sound studies has also led me to explore the ways in which the novel has entered in competition with other communication media, especially in the digital age.
Specializations:
- Caribbean literature and culture
- Modern Latin American narrative
- Latin American literature and anthropology
- Sound and media theory
- Latin American avant-gardes
Current research projects:
- “Reading Scenes: The Latin/o American Novel in the Age of Electronic Communication.”
- Cuban Avant-Garde Journals
Recent publications of mine have focused on the one hand on German cultural philosopher Oswald Spengler’s longstanding interest in Latin America as well his outsized impact on Latin American intellectuals (see my editions, in German and in Spanish, of Spengler’s posthumous drama Moctezuma).
Subject Area: Spanish & Portuguese
