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Rebecca Garonzik

Rebecca Garonzik

Associate Professor of Spanish

Spanish, Global Queer Studies

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
  • FYSM 101: "The Complexity of Home"

Selected Publications & Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • "The Privilege of 'Not-Knowing': Clarice Lispector's A hora da estrela as Self-Critique." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 101.4 (2024): 371-85.
  • "'Hasta tomar el cielo por asalto': Competing Historical Moods in Patricio Pron's El espĂ­ritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia." Latin American Literary Review 49.98 (2022): 32-39. Web. 17 October 2022.
  • "'These loins aren't on fire': Neoliberalism and the Erotic in Paul MartĂ­nez Pompa's My Kill Adore Him." Latin American Literary Review 47.93 (2020): 12-19. Web. 18 September 2020.
  • "Beyond Marcuse: Guevara's Influence on the Revolutionary Erotic in Julio CortĂĄzar's Libro de Manuel." A Contracorriente 13.2 (Winter 2016): 1-24. Web. 8 March 2016.
  • "Deconstructing Psychiatric Discourse and Idealized Madness in Cristina Rivera Garza's Nadie me verĂĄ llorar." Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana 43.1 (May 2014): 3-14.
  • "'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

  • Estrada, Oswaldo. "The Weight of Dreams." Translated by Rebecca Garonzik, Spanglish Voces (2024): n. pag. Web. 16 Jan. 2025.
  • "Queering Feminism: Cristina Rivera Garza's La cresta de IliĂłn and the Feminine Sublime." Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios HumanĂ­sticos y Literatura 14 (Fall 2010): 45-56.
  • "Permanencias de Juan Rulfo en la crĂ­tica contemporĂĄnea." Rev. of Ecos y murmullos en la obra de Rulfo, Ed. Julio Moguel and Enrique SĂĄinz. Confluencia 24.2 (Spring 2009): 151-53.

Want to learn more?

Interested in Spanish, Global Queer Studies or have questions about courses? Feel free to reach out!

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