Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a scholar, cultural critic, novelist,[1] and poet whose works include historical novels and scholarly studies on Chicana/o art, culture and sexuality.

Biography

She is from the border between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez,[2] where she lived until age 27. She has a B.A. (1980) and a M.A. (1983) in English from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico (1994).[3] She started her doctoral work at the University of Iowa in 1985 but left after a year, then lived in Boston, Massachusetts for four years. In 1994, she was hired as one of six founding faculty members of the then César Chávez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. She has published and organized a conference on the Juarez murders.[4] Alicia Gaspar de alba also keeps a regular blog called "Cooking With Sor Juana".[5]

Awards

Works

"Alicia's poetry and fiction have been anthologized in numerous publications, and her novels have been translated into Spanish, German, and Italian"[8]

Critical studies

References

  1. West, Alan (August 2004). Latino and Latina writers. Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 269–€“. ISBN 978-0-684-31294-1. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  2. Alicia Gaspar de Alba's website: http://www.aliciagaspardealba.net/alicia.html
  3. Staff Page for Prof. Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The UCLA César Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies. URL: http://www.chavez.ucla.edu/people-faculty-and-staff/core-faculty-1/alicia-gaspar-de-alba-1/alicia-gaspar-de-alba
  4. "Outrage over Juarez murders spills across border". Casper Star-Tribune. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  5. Alicia Gaspar de Alba's blog: http://www.aliciagaspardealba.blogspot.com/
  6. "Noir by Northwest, Fictional madness, greed and violence are alive and kicking. Mysteriously, so is literary tough guy James Crumley". The News Tribune. 21 August 2005.
  7. Ayala, Elaine (20 March 2005). "Novel explores string of Juárez killings". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  8. Alicia Gaspar de Alba's Website. "The Writer" URL: http://www.aliciagaspardealba.net/alicia.html

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