Departments and Programs

• Comparative Literature
• Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Women's and Gender Studies

Related Links

• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~spanport/people/reyes.html

Contact Information

Email: israel.reyes@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-3246
Office: 6072 Dartmouth Hall

Education

B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago; M.A. University of Iowa; Ph.D. University of Iowa

Areas of Expertise

Latin American and Caribbean literature; queer theory; Puerto Rican literature; Latino culture

Selected Works

• Humor and the Eccentric Text in Puerto Rican Literature, (2005).
• "Transnational Bodies, Queer Borders: The Challenge of Latin American and Latino/a Sexual Identities," Latin American Studies Association Forum, 37:3 (Summer 2006) 18-20.
• "Recuerdos "parciales" y el closet de la literatura: Ficción y autobiografía de Judith Ortiz Cofer, La Revista Iberoamericana, A Sandoval-Sánchez and F Aparicio (eds.), 71:212 (2005) 847-864.
• "De-facing Cuba: Translating and Transfiguring Cristina García's The Agüero Sisters, in Voice-Overs: Translation and Latin American Literature, D Balderston and M Schwartz (eds.), (2002) 224-234.
• "La sabidurîa de la mujer en la obra de Nemesio Canales," Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamerican, 26:54 (2001) 111-128.

Current Projects

Bordering on Queer: The Transnational Spaces of Latin/o American Sexualities; "Richard Rodriguez in His Big Brown Bed: Sexuality and the Mestizo Imaginary in the U.S.;" "Corporeal Circuits and Global Gay Identities: A Critical Look at Latin Fever 8, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico"