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Hispanic Review, 2021
espanolEste articulo atiende a la representacion del soldado en siete cuentos de Clarin publicado... more espanolEste articulo atiende a la representacion del soldado en siete cuentos de Clarin publicados entre 1892 y 1896 como estrategia discur-siva para tratar los diferentes usos de la palabra patria en el contexto de luchas coloniales y perdida territorial. Estos cuentos rompen con la imagen recurrente del soldado idealizado para revelar el sentido demagogico-doctrinario de la patrioteria y contraponerlo al sentido emotivo y espiritual del termino patria. Sostengo que, en su representacion del soldado, Clarin se sirve del factor de clase social para forjar un sentido de solidaridad fraternal entre oprimidos y lograr asi una mayor identificacion con el Otro. Aunando la perdida de las colonias a la sombra del desahucio que amenaza a las familias de los soldados en la metropolis, muestro como el autor problematiza la alegoria nacional. EnglishThis article focuses on the portrayal of soldiers in seven short stories by Clarin published between 1892 and 1896 as a narrative strategy to treat different uses of the term patria in the context of colonial struggle and territorial loss. These short stories break with the recurrent image of the idealized soldier to reveal the demagogical and doctrinaire sense of patrioteria while contrasting it with the emotional and spiritual sense of patria. I argue that in his representation of the soldier, Clarin deploys social class components to forge a sense of fraternal solidarity among oppressed people to reach a higher identification with the Other. By establishing connections between the loss of the colonies and the eviction of the soldiers from their family homes in the metropole, the author problematizes the national allegory of the family.
Hispania, 2018
Hispania will not accept unsolicited reviews and does not publish journal numbers, book notices, ... more Hispania will not accept unsolicited reviews and does not publish journal numbers, book notices, or reviews of works more than two years old. Due to the number of works that correspond to Hispania's broad scope, not all requests to review specific items can be granted. We especially encourage, however, requests to review film and other media resources. An invitation to review does not guarantee publication. All reviews are evaluated by anonymous readers and publication decisions are based upon their comments and the discretion of the editors.
Journal of Language and Sexuality, 2016
This special issue examines how the fluid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by the... more This special issue examines how the fluid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their dynamic transformations, displacements, and reformulations throughout history, having been produced, interrogated by, and represented through discourses of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and more recently are shaped by the forces of globalization and migration, among other influences. Scholars foster new critical dialogues on the artistic, literary, and linguistic forms through which these sexualities have been articulated and on the new centers that peripheral sexualities often establish in the evolution of human sexuality, societal norms, and creative uses of language. The studies demonstrate how intersections of sexualities and ideologies form critiques of normativity, whether that normativity be heteronormativity, homonationalism(s), or other orthodoxies linguistically tied to sexualities. Central to the explorations in this volume is an attention to how language is deployed i...
Journal of Language and Sexuality, 2016
This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their... more This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their dynamic transformations, displacements, and reformulations throughout history, having been produced, interrogated by, and represented through discourses of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and more recently are shaped by the forces of globalization and migration, among other in uences. Scholars foster new critical dialogues on the artistic, literary, and linguistic forms through which these sexualities have been articulated and on the new centers that peripheral sexualities o en establish in the evolution of human sexuality, so- cietal norms, and creative uses of language. e studies demonstrate how inter- sections of sexualities and ideologies form critiques of normativity, whether that normativity be heteronormativity, homonationalism(s), or other orthodoxies linguistically tied to sexualities. Central to the explorations in this volume is an attention to how language is deployed in multiple media and genres, from visual and performance pieces that disrupt and rea rm traditional colonial relation- ships, to politically engaged literature that grapples with questions of identity, agency, and memory, to subversive lms that question revolutionary paradigms or reimagine them for a postnational world. ese studies focus on examples from Spain, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, and Puerto Rico that engage the dynamics of periphery and center, national and transnational, and the liminal spaces mediat- ing between these polarities, all spaces constituted by language and sexuality.
Hispanic Review, 2018
We give an explicit geometric formula for the twisted orbital integrals using the method of the h... more We give an explicit geometric formula for the twisted orbital integrals using the method of the hypoelliptic Laplacian developed by Bismut. Combining with the twisted trace formula, we can evaluate the equivariant trace of the heat operators of the Laplacians on a compact locally symmetric space. As an application, we use our formula to compute the leading term in the asymptotic expansion of the equivariant analytic torsions for a compact locally symmetric space.
Transitions: Journal of Franco-Iberian Studies , 2013
"Sacrificial performances" argues that Dulce Dueño -the last novel by Emilia Pardo Bazán- while p... more "Sacrificial performances" argues that Dulce Dueño -the last novel by Emilia Pardo Bazán- while proclaiming the need for sex education and equal gender rights, enters into a cultural engagement with the system of control for prostitution through a transgressive masochist performance that can be read as an act of wrongdoing within the sexual morals and myths of the time. Through the use of a parody of sacrifice and the way in which a sinner can be redeemed, Dulce Dueño challenges the social prejudices upon which the main positions in this debate - prohibition, regulation and abolition- are based. It provides an anti-establishment response to each point of view: it rejects the criminalization of the prostitute, it unveils the politics of power that manages prostitution as a societal 'relief valve' or an 'inevitable lesser evil', and it exposes the idea of rehabilitation of the prostitute as a hypocritical doctrine that is supposedly in the woman's best interest.
Baroque Projections. (Eds. Frédéric Conrod y Michael Horswell), 2016
This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by thei... more This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their dynamic transformations, displacements, and reformulations throughout history, having been produced, interrogated by, and represented through discourses of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and more recently are shaped by the forces of globalization and migration, among other in uences. Scholars foster new critical dialogues on the artistic, literary, and linguistic forms through which these sexualities have been articulated and on the new centers that peripheral sexualities o en establish in the evolution of human sexuality, so- cietal norms, and creative uses of language. e studies demonstrate how inter- sections of sexualities and ideologies form critiques of normativity, whether that normativity be heteronormativity, homonationalism(s), or other orthodoxies linguistically tied to sexualities. Central to the explorations in this volume is an attention to how language is deployed in multiple media and genres, from visual and performance pieces that disrupt and rea rm traditional colonial relation- ships, to politically engaged literature that grapples with questions of identity, agency, and memory, to subversive lms that question revolutionary paradigms or reimagine them for a postnational world. ese studies focus on examples from Spain, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, and Puerto Rico that engage the dynamics of periphery and center, national and transnational, and the liminal spaces mediat- ing between these polarities, all spaces constituted by language and sexuality.
http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/lf/article/view/6241
Hispanic Review, 2021
espanolEste articulo atiende a la representacion del soldado en siete cuentos de Clarin publicado... more espanolEste articulo atiende a la representacion del soldado en siete cuentos de Clarin publicados entre 1892 y 1896 como estrategia discur-siva para tratar los diferentes usos de la palabra patria en el contexto de luchas coloniales y perdida territorial. Estos cuentos rompen con la imagen recurrente del soldado idealizado para revelar el sentido demagogico-doctrinario de la patrioteria y contraponerlo al sentido emotivo y espiritual del termino patria. Sostengo que, en su representacion del soldado, Clarin se sirve del factor de clase social para forjar un sentido de solidaridad fraternal entre oprimidos y lograr asi una mayor identificacion con el Otro. Aunando la perdida de las colonias a la sombra del desahucio que amenaza a las familias de los soldados en la metropolis, muestro como el autor problematiza la alegoria nacional. EnglishThis article focuses on the portrayal of soldiers in seven short stories by Clarin published between 1892 and 1896 as a narrative strategy to treat different uses of the term patria in the context of colonial struggle and territorial loss. These short stories break with the recurrent image of the idealized soldier to reveal the demagogical and doctrinaire sense of patrioteria while contrasting it with the emotional and spiritual sense of patria. I argue that in his representation of the soldier, Clarin deploys social class components to forge a sense of fraternal solidarity among oppressed people to reach a higher identification with the Other. By establishing connections between the loss of the colonies and the eviction of the soldiers from their family homes in the metropole, the author problematizes the national allegory of the family.
Hispania, 2018
Hispania will not accept unsolicited reviews and does not publish journal numbers, book notices, ... more Hispania will not accept unsolicited reviews and does not publish journal numbers, book notices, or reviews of works more than two years old. Due to the number of works that correspond to Hispania's broad scope, not all requests to review specific items can be granted. We especially encourage, however, requests to review film and other media resources. An invitation to review does not guarantee publication. All reviews are evaluated by anonymous readers and publication decisions are based upon their comments and the discretion of the editors.
Journal of Language and Sexuality, 2016
This special issue examines how the fluid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by the... more This special issue examines how the fluid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their dynamic transformations, displacements, and reformulations throughout history, having been produced, interrogated by, and represented through discourses of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and more recently are shaped by the forces of globalization and migration, among other influences. Scholars foster new critical dialogues on the artistic, literary, and linguistic forms through which these sexualities have been articulated and on the new centers that peripheral sexualities often establish in the evolution of human sexuality, societal norms, and creative uses of language. The studies demonstrate how intersections of sexualities and ideologies form critiques of normativity, whether that normativity be heteronormativity, homonationalism(s), or other orthodoxies linguistically tied to sexualities. Central to the explorations in this volume is an attention to how language is deployed i...
Journal of Language and Sexuality, 2016
This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their... more This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their dynamic transformations, displacements, and reformulations throughout history, having been produced, interrogated by, and represented through discourses of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and more recently are shaped by the forces of globalization and migration, among other in uences. Scholars foster new critical dialogues on the artistic, literary, and linguistic forms through which these sexualities have been articulated and on the new centers that peripheral sexualities o en establish in the evolution of human sexuality, so- cietal norms, and creative uses of language. e studies demonstrate how inter- sections of sexualities and ideologies form critiques of normativity, whether that normativity be heteronormativity, homonationalism(s), or other orthodoxies linguistically tied to sexualities. Central to the explorations in this volume is an attention to how language is deployed in multiple media and genres, from visual and performance pieces that disrupt and rea rm traditional colonial relation- ships, to politically engaged literature that grapples with questions of identity, agency, and memory, to subversive lms that question revolutionary paradigms or reimagine them for a postnational world. ese studies focus on examples from Spain, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, and Puerto Rico that engage the dynamics of periphery and center, national and transnational, and the liminal spaces mediat- ing between these polarities, all spaces constituted by language and sexuality.
Hispanic Review, 2018
We give an explicit geometric formula for the twisted orbital integrals using the method of the h... more We give an explicit geometric formula for the twisted orbital integrals using the method of the hypoelliptic Laplacian developed by Bismut. Combining with the twisted trace formula, we can evaluate the equivariant trace of the heat operators of the Laplacians on a compact locally symmetric space. As an application, we use our formula to compute the leading term in the asymptotic expansion of the equivariant analytic torsions for a compact locally symmetric space.
Transitions: Journal of Franco-Iberian Studies , 2013
"Sacrificial performances" argues that Dulce Dueño -the last novel by Emilia Pardo Bazán- while p... more "Sacrificial performances" argues that Dulce Dueño -the last novel by Emilia Pardo Bazán- while proclaiming the need for sex education and equal gender rights, enters into a cultural engagement with the system of control for prostitution through a transgressive masochist performance that can be read as an act of wrongdoing within the sexual morals and myths of the time. Through the use of a parody of sacrifice and the way in which a sinner can be redeemed, Dulce Dueño challenges the social prejudices upon which the main positions in this debate - prohibition, regulation and abolition- are based. It provides an anti-establishment response to each point of view: it rejects the criminalization of the prostitute, it unveils the politics of power that manages prostitution as a societal 'relief valve' or an 'inevitable lesser evil', and it exposes the idea of rehabilitation of the prostitute as a hypocritical doctrine that is supposedly in the woman's best interest.
Baroque Projections. (Eds. Frédéric Conrod y Michael Horswell), 2016
This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by thei... more This special issue examines how the uid historicity of peripheral sexualities are driven by their dynamic transformations, displacements, and reformulations throughout history, having been produced, interrogated by, and represented through discourses of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, and more recently are shaped by the forces of globalization and migration, among other in uences. Scholars foster new critical dialogues on the artistic, literary, and linguistic forms through which these sexualities have been articulated and on the new centers that peripheral sexualities o en establish in the evolution of human sexuality, so- cietal norms, and creative uses of language. e studies demonstrate how inter- sections of sexualities and ideologies form critiques of normativity, whether that normativity be heteronormativity, homonationalism(s), or other orthodoxies linguistically tied to sexualities. Central to the explorations in this volume is an attention to how language is deployed in multiple media and genres, from visual and performance pieces that disrupt and rea rm traditional colonial relation- ships, to politically engaged literature that grapples with questions of identity, agency, and memory, to subversive lms that question revolutionary paradigms or reimagine them for a postnational world. ese studies focus on examples from Spain, Peru, Cuba, Bolivia, and Puerto Rico that engage the dynamics of periphery and center, national and transnational, and the liminal spaces mediat- ing between these polarities, all spaces constituted by language and sexuality.
http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/lf/article/view/6241
This symposium aims to examine, from a decolonial perspective, the entanglements of gender and co... more This symposium aims to examine, from a decolonial perspective, the entanglements of gender and colonialism in the Iberian world from nineteenth-century to the present. In particular, we seek to explore the role of gender in negotiating resistance to imperial narratives, which served as compensatory fictions in response to the loss of the Iberian empires through the long nineteenth century and beyond.
List of academics who participate and publish about the Hispanic Gothic.
La pasión esclava addresses the masochist discursivity of La Regenta (1884–1885) by Leopoldo Alas... more La pasión esclava addresses the masochist discursivity of La Regenta (1884–1885) by Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, as a subversive strategy of dominance and submission through which the foundations of liberal thinking on education, agency, and freedom of the modern subject are refuted. Differing from studies that prioritize the Freudian psychoanalytic focus and link masochism with perverse and passive behaviors, this book offers a pluralist approach, where cultural, clinical-historical, and literary perspectives are essential to relocate masochism to the area of passions, while emphasizing the agency and creativity upon which the discursive meaning of transgressive masochism in fin-de-siècle narrative is articulated.
Nuria Godón shows how La Regenta challenges the models of partnership in modern society by displaying a reformulation of the masochist contract that parodies the marital contract, satirizes Rousseau’s social contract, and places the wheels of Krause’s educational machine under scrutiny. Likewise, she explores Catholicism’s impact on the masochist dynamic in other contemporary texts by authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán and Armando Palacio Valdés, without excluding Leopold von Sacher-Masoch—the Austrian writer from whom the term masochism was coined—to further disclose how religion’s influence shapes the dialectic of female and filial masochism in the Spanish context represented in Alas’s masterpiece. In this sense, La pasión esclava invites one to reconsider masochism as a tool that tears apart the mechanisms of gender subjection, which are observable not only in the Spanish literary texts analyzed in this book, but also in other cultural productions.
La pasión esclava aborda la discursividad masoquista en La Regenta (1884–1885) de Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, como una estrategia subversiva de dominio y sumisión mediante la cual se rebaten los fundamentos del pensamiento liberal sobre la educación, la agencia y la libertad del sujeto moderno. Frente a las investigaciones que priman el enfoque psicoanalítico de tradición freudiana y vinculan el masoquismo a conductas perversas y pasivas, este estudio brinda una aproximación pluralista –donde destaca la perspectiva cultural, histórica-clínica y literaria— gracias a la cual es posible reubicar el masoquismo en el amplio terreno de las pasiones y subrayar la agencia y creatividad sobre las que se conforma el sentido discursivo del masoquismo transgresor en la narrativa finisecular. Nuria Godón muestra cómo la novela cumbre de Alas problematiza las propuestas de compañerismo en la sociedad moderna presentando una reformulación del contrato masoquista que parodia el contrato matrimonial, satiriza el contrato social rousseriano y cuestiona el engranaje del sistema educativo krausista. Asimismo, explora el impacto del catolicismo en la dinámica masoquista en otros textos de autores contemporáneos entre los cuales figuran Emilia Pardo Bazán y Armando Palacio Valdés, sin olvidar a Leopold von Sacher-Masoch—autor sobre el que se acuña el término de masoquismo—para explicar posteriormente cómo la influencia religiosa da forma al despliegue de la dialéctica del masoquismo femenino y filial en el contexto español trazado en La Regenta. En este sentido, La pasión esclava invita a una reconsideración del masoquismo como herramienta que hace saltar los mecanismos de sujeción genérica, susceptibles de ser observados no solo en el ámbito literario español que el libro presenta sino también dentro de otras producciones culturales.
Las representaciones literarias y fílmicas de la sexualidad en España, además de nutrir fantasías... more Las representaciones literarias y fílmicas de la sexualidad en España, además de nutrir fantasías socioculturales, adquieren un rol importante en la negociación entre identidad y hegemonía. Los estudios compilados en este volumen indagan sobre cómo las sexualidades periféricas renegocian su posición dentro de la escala de valores sociales bajo las que son concebidas.
Frente a los discursos de perversión, patologización y criminalización elaborados a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX en torno a las prácticas sexuales alejadas de fines procreativos, el cambio de milenio ofrece un contradiscurso que fomenta la desestigmatización de las sexualidades periféricas. Mediante la contraposición de ambas épocas, este estudio da cuenta del movimiento producido en esta jerarquía tras todo un siglo y constata que, pese a lo andado, queda todavía un largo camino por recorrer en la desperiferialización y visibilización de los diferentes modos de entender y vivir la sexualidad.
Transnational discourses of peripheral sexualities in the Hispanic world Special issue of Journal... more Transnational discourses of peripheral sexualities in the Hispanic world
Special issue of Journal of Language and Sexuality 5:2 (2016)
Table of Contents
Introduction to the special issue: Transnational discourses of peripheral sexualities in the Hispanic world
Michael J. Horswell and Nuria Godón
145 – 154
Ecofeminist discourse and fluid lyrical sexualities: Julia de Burgos’s Río Grande de Loíza
Mary Ann Gosser Esquilín
155 – 181
The discourses of sexual dissidence and memoria histórica in Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s Donde nadie te encuentre
Elena Castro
182 – 196
David Trullo’s queer revisionist photography: Negotiating Spain’s homonationalism and the marketing of LGBTQ human rights as commodities in Latin America
Gema Pérez-Sánchez
197 – 221
“The museum, cross-dressed as a museum”: Neo-Baroque language and peripheral activist aesthetics in El museo travesti del Perú
Michael J. Horswell
222 – 249
Kiss with a fist: The chola’s humor and humiliation in Bolivian lucha libre
Nell Haynes
250 – 275
Desiring futures in Cuban cultural production
Margaret G. Frohlich
276 – 294