Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr Lucia Villares
College:
Clare College, holder of the Santander Post-Doctoral Senior Studentship in Portuguese Literary and Cultural StudiesPositions:
Affiliated Lecturer
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Postal Address:
Clare College
Trinity Lane
CAMBRIDGE CB2 1TLEmail: lv257@cam.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) (0)1223 333235 Fax (+44) (0)1223 335062
Lucia Villares is interested in studying post-1920's Brazilian literature from a cross-cultural perspective; one which incorporates studies on memory and cultural history. Her book Examining Whiteness, Reading Clarice Lispector through Bessie Head and Toni Morrison (Legenda, Oxford, 2011) is an analysis of Clarice Lispector’s fictional work taking into account the issues of race, gender and nationality. She teaches Portuguese and Mozambican literature and is also currently developing a post-doctoral research on masculinity and whiteness in the work of the Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos. Forthcoming publication: ‘Two Tortured Bodies: Masculinity and Haunting in Graciliano Ramos's Angústia’ (Dois corpos torturados: masculinidade e assombrações em Angústia de Graciliano Ramos) article published in the book Masculinidades: Frente e Verso edited by Fernando Penteado and José Gatti (Estação das Letras e Cores, São Paulo, Brasil) August 2011.
