Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr Lucia Villares
Positions:Affiliated Lecturer and Portuguese Supervisor
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Postal Address:
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue
CAMBRIDGE CB3 9DA Email: lv257@cam.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) (0)1223 335005 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.
