Faculty Directory
Arturo, Arias
Professor
Office Hours: TTh 4-5
Phone: 232-4549
arturo_arias@mail.utexas.edu
Education: PhD 1978 Sociology of Literature, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Paris, France
Specialization(s):
20th-century Spanish-American Literature
Research interests:
Latin American Studies; Central American literature; Indigenous literatures; social and critical theory; race, gender and sexuality in postcolonial societies; cultural studies, ethnographic approaches.
Courses taught:
Central American literature; Indigenous literatures; social and critical theory; race, gender and sexuality in postcolonial societies; cultural studies, ethnographic approaches.
Recent Publications:
Taking their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2007.
"Central American Diasporas: Transnacional Gangs and the Transformation of Latino Identity in the United Status" in Technofuturos: Critical Interventions in Latina/o Studies. Nancy Raquel Mirabal and Agustín Laó-Montes (eds.). New York/Plymouth, UK: Lexington Books, 2007.
"Conspiracy on the Sidelines: How the Maya Won the War" in Cultural Agency in the Americas. Doris Sommer (ed.). Raleigh-Durham: Duke UP, 2006.
"Constructing Ethnic Bodies and Identities in Miguel Angel Asturias and Rigoberta Menchú." Postmodern Culture Vol. 17 No. 1. September 2006.
"The Maya Movement, Postcolonialism and Cultural Agency." Latin American Cultural Studies Vol. 15, No. 2. August 2006.
The Rigoberta Menchú Controversy. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 2001.