Vol. 6 (2013)
"Hispanic Monsters, Ghosts, Devils, and Orishas in Latin American and Peninsular Literature, Film, and Music"
Articles:
I. Enfermedad y abyección / Illness and Abjection
1 “‘El confesor de monstruos’: Alfonso Hernández Catá y el gótico.” Sandra Casanova-Vizcaíno, Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania.
2 “Ricardo Piglia’s Schizophrenic Machine: The Madness of Resistance in La ciudad ausente.” Eunice Rojas, Modern Languages Department, Lynchburg College.
3 “La construcción de nuevos lazos familiares para superar el duelo y la melancolía: El Dock de Matilde Sánchez y El grito de Florencia Abbate.” Dánisa Bonacic, Modern Languages Department, Simmons College.
II. Mujeres objeto / Objectified Women
1 “Motivation Behind Fear in Lucía Etxebarría’s En brazos de la mujer fetiche.” Elizabeth S. Gunn, Department of World Languages, Morgan State University.
2 “La serrana de la Vera y la construcción de los monstruos sexuales femeninos.” Francisco García Rubio, Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
3 “Brazil’s Stepford Wives: On Fertitity, Consumption, and Objectification in Clarice Lispector’s Laços de familia.” Aarti S. Madan, Department of Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
III. El cuerpo poseido / The Possessed Body
1 “Narrow Skulls and Vile Flesh: The Failure of Female Anatomy and Feminist Critique in Rafael López de Haro’s En el cuerpo de una mujer .” Leslie M. Kaiura, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Alabama in Huntsville.
2 “Bodies Scared Sacred at the Crossroads: Vodou Loa Erzulie in Mayra Montero’s The Red of His Shadow and Ana-Maurine Lara’s Erzulie’s Skirt.” Josune Urbistondo, Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami.
3 “Vampirism, Catholicism, and Colonialism in Gabriel García Márquez’ Of Love and Other Demons.” Mary Kate Azcuy, Department of English, Monmouth University.
IV. El gótico histórico / Historical Gothic
1 “Articulaciones históricas y vampirismo: El vampiro (1910) de Froylan Turcios y O vampiro de Curitiba (1965) de Dalton Trevisan.” Martín Sueldo, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2 “Uncanny Oscars Winners: Memory, Affect, and Oppositional Cinema in Postdictatorial Argentina.” Paulo Boero, Department of Foreign Languages, Belmont University.
3 "Street-Level Xenomorphs: Mara Salvatrucha Audiovisual Representation in The World’s Most Dangerous Gang and Sin nombre.” Alejandro Hernández Jacky, Language and Cultural Studies, Trinity College.
V. Historias siniestras /Uncanny Stories
1 “Sound as a Bridge to the Otherworld in Selected Legends by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.” Jennifer. M. Corry, Department of foreign Languages, Berry College.
2 “La muerte violenta: Una perspectiva infantil en dos cuentos de Silvina Ocampo.” Michelle Quiñones, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Central Florida.
3 “¿Cómo superar la muerte? Remedios de Juan Rulfo en “El día del derrumbe”, “El llano en llamas”, “Anacleto Morones” y “Donis y su Hermana.” Bégong-Bodoli Betina, Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Université Gaston Berger.
VI. Esperpento / Grotesque Deformations
1 “Specters of Bohemia: Music and Ghostly Appearances in the Dramatic and Musical-dramatic Adaptations of Pío Baroja’s Short Story ‘Caídos.’” Victoria Wolff, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, The University of Western Ontario.
2 “La vejez y muerte de Bradomín: La esperpentización del mito donjuanesco en Sonata de invierno de Ramón del Valle Inclán.” Trevor Boffone, Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Houston.
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