Event Description
The greatest of Argentine gauchos “Martín Fierro” fights with a surubí-Moby Dick in the Río de la Plata while Superman agonizes in the Buenos Aires suburbs. Gabriela Cabezón Cámara explores violence in contemporary Argentine literature through an analysis of the work of Pedro Mairal, Leonardo Oyola, Julián López and Selva Almada.
Speaker
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara is the author of La virgen cabeza, Le viste la cara a Dios, and Beya.
Cosponsors
Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.
More Information
Read "Sheltering Desire," Gabriel Cabezon Camara's article for the Fall 2013 Berkeley Review