Rebecca Garonzik
Associate Professor of Spanish
Biography
Courses Taught
- SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish, Level I
- SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish, Level II
- SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish/Grammar, Conversation, and Composition I
- SPAN 224: Readings in Latin American Cultures
- SPAN 275: "The U.S. Origins of Latinx Immigration"
- SPAN 31108: Gender and Sexuality in Latin American and Latinx Literatures
- WGSS 12000: Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- FYSM 101: "The Complexity of Home"
Selected Publications & Presentations
Peer-Reviewed Articles
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“The Privilege of ‘Not-Knowing’: Clarice Lispector’s A hora da estrela as Self-Critique.” Bulletin of Hispanic Studies101.4 (2024): 371-85.
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“‘Hasta tomar el cielo por asalto’: Competing Historical Moods in Patricio Pron’s El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia.” Latin American Literary Review 49.98 (2022): 32-39. Web. 17 October 2022.
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“‘These loins aren’t on fire’: Neoliberalism and the Erotic in Paul Martínez Pompa’s My Kill Adore Him.” Latin American Literary Review 47.93 (2020): 12-19. Web. 18 September 2020.
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“Beyond Marcuse: Guevara’s Influence on the Revolutionary Erotic in Julio Cortázar’s Libro de Manuel.” A Contracorriente 13.2 (Winter 2016): 1-24. Web. 8 March 2016.
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“Deconstructing Psychiatric Discourse and Idealized Madness in Cristina Rivera Garza’s Nadie me verá llorar.” Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 43.1 (May 2014): 3-14.
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“‘To name that thing without a name’: Linking Poetry and the Child’s Voice in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street.” Letras Femeninas 37.2 (Winter 2011): 139-55.
Other Publications
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Estrada, Oswaldo. “The Other Sea.” Translated by Rebecca Garonzik, Latino Book Review (2025): 49-52.
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Estrada, Oswaldo. “The Weight of Dreams.” Translated by Rebecca Garonzik, Spanglish Voces (2024): n. pag. Web. 16 Jan. 2025.
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“Queering Feminism: Cristina Rivera Garza’s La cresta de Ilión and the Feminine Sublime.” Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanísticos y Literatura 14 (Fall 2010): 45-56.
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“Permanencias de Juan Rulfo en la crítica contemporánea.” Rev. of Ecos y murmullos en la obra de Rulfo, Ed. Julio Moguel and Enrique Sáinz. Confluencia 24.2 (Spring 2009): 151-53.
Want to learn more?
Interested in Spanish, Global Queer Studies, WGSS or have questions about courses? Feel free to reach out!
Contact Rebecca