Lecturer in Latin American Studies,
University of Sydney
email: vek_lewis@yahoo.com
Research interests
Gender and sexuality in Latin America * Marginalised groups and representation * Social theory * Sociological research * Visual and music cultures in Latin America * Mass media and cinema * Postmodern literatures * Informal social organisation and change
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
2004
‘Walking in the “delinquent” city’ in Place, Memory, Identities: Australia, Spain and the New World. Antípodas VI Special Issue.
2003
‘La noche delincuente: la representación del prostituto en El vampiro de la colonia Roma, Las púberes canéforas, y La Virgen de los Sicarios’ in JILAS: Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 9.1.
Reviews
2005
‘Educating the Educators by Malcolm K Read’ in Colloquy, Issue 9. http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/others/colloquy/issue9
Translations
2006
‘The City: Deconstructing the Barcelonan Imaginary’ by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Antípodas Special Issue in Memory of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - in press.
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS
2006
‘Of Lady-killers and “Men Dressed as Women”: Soap Opera, Scapegoats and the Mexico City Police Department’. Hyperworld: Language, Culture and History. VII International AILASA Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, September 27-29.
2006
‘Performing Translatinidad: Miriam the Mexican Transsexual Reality Show Star and the Tropicalisation of Gendered/Raced Identity in Anglo-Australian Media’. LASA 2006: De-centering Latin American Studies. XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 18.
2005
‘Transgender Rights in Latin America: Why This is an Important Issue for the Left’. Re-inventing Revolution in Latin America Melbourne Social Forum, CERES Park, November 20.
2005
‘Trans in Latin America: Overcoming Stigma, Social Exclusion and Economic Exile’ From Stonewall to No Wall: What do Transpeople offer in the Struggle Against Neoliberalism? Trades Hall, October 26.
2005
‘Trans Activism in Latin America’. Queer Agencies and Social Change in International Perspectives. UTS Institute for International Studies Annual Symposium, June 28.
2005
‘The Gods Must be locas: Transgendering Santería and the Travesti Sandra la Cubana in Pedro Juan Gutiérrez's novel El Rey de La Habana’. Hispanic Studies seminar series, Monash University.
2005
‘Crimes of Inhumanity: State Institutions and Cultural-legal Discourse as Perpetrators of Violence Against Gender Variant/Transgender People in Latin America’. Crime, Violence and Gendered Identities. Fourth Annual Hispanic Studies Symposium, Monash University, May 13.
2004
‘Transfigurations: Transgender in the Mexican Cinematic Imaginary’. Reflecting Genders. 6th International Congress on Sex and Gender Diversity, Manchester Metropolitan University, September 12.
2004
‘Transgendering the Nation’. Masculinities in Hispanic Studies. Third Annual Hispanic Studies Symposium, Monash University, August 20.
2003
‘Walking in the “delinquent” city’. Place, Memory, Identity: Australia, Spain and the New World. The 2nd LaTrobe-Universitat de Barcelona Conference. 10 July.
2003
‘Cuerpos desviados/cuerpos autónomos’. (De)constructing Deviance in Hispanic Studies. Second Annual Hispanic Studies Symposium, Monash University, April 24.
University of Sydney
email: vek_lewis@yahoo.com
Research interests
Gender and sexuality in Latin America * Marginalised groups and representation * Social theory * Sociological research * Visual and music cultures in Latin America * Mass media and cinema * Postmodern literatures * Informal social organisation and change
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
2004
‘Walking in the “delinquent” city’ in Place, Memory, Identities: Australia, Spain and the New World. Antípodas VI Special Issue.
2003
‘La noche delincuente: la representación del prostituto en El vampiro de la colonia Roma, Las púberes canéforas, y La Virgen de los Sicarios’ in JILAS: Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies 9.1.
Reviews
2005
‘Educating the Educators by Malcolm K Read’ in Colloquy, Issue 9. http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/others/colloquy/issue9
Translations
2006
‘The City: Deconstructing the Barcelonan Imaginary’ by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Antípodas Special Issue in Memory of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán - in press.
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PAPERS
2006
‘Of Lady-killers and “Men Dressed as Women”: Soap Opera, Scapegoats and the Mexico City Police Department’. Hyperworld: Language, Culture and History. VII International AILASA Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, September 27-29.
2006
‘Performing Translatinidad: Miriam the Mexican Transsexual Reality Show Star and the Tropicalisation of Gendered/Raced Identity in Anglo-Australian Media’. LASA 2006: De-centering Latin American Studies. XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 18.
2005
‘Transgender Rights in Latin America: Why This is an Important Issue for the Left’. Re-inventing Revolution in Latin America Melbourne Social Forum, CERES Park, November 20.
2005
‘Trans in Latin America: Overcoming Stigma, Social Exclusion and Economic Exile’ From Stonewall to No Wall: What do Transpeople offer in the Struggle Against Neoliberalism? Trades Hall, October 26.
2005
‘Trans Activism in Latin America’. Queer Agencies and Social Change in International Perspectives. UTS Institute for International Studies Annual Symposium, June 28.
2005
‘The Gods Must be locas: Transgendering Santería and the Travesti Sandra la Cubana in Pedro Juan Gutiérrez's novel El Rey de La Habana’. Hispanic Studies seminar series, Monash University.
2005
‘Crimes of Inhumanity: State Institutions and Cultural-legal Discourse as Perpetrators of Violence Against Gender Variant/Transgender People in Latin America’. Crime, Violence and Gendered Identities. Fourth Annual Hispanic Studies Symposium, Monash University, May 13.
2004
‘Transfigurations: Transgender in the Mexican Cinematic Imaginary’. Reflecting Genders. 6th International Congress on Sex and Gender Diversity, Manchester Metropolitan University, September 12.
2004
‘Transgendering the Nation’. Masculinities in Hispanic Studies. Third Annual Hispanic Studies Symposium, Monash University, August 20.
2003
‘Walking in the “delinquent” city’. Place, Memory, Identity: Australia, Spain and the New World. The 2nd LaTrobe-Universitat de Barcelona Conference. 10 July.
2003
‘Cuerpos desviados/cuerpos autónomos’. (De)constructing Deviance in Hispanic Studies. Second Annual Hispanic Studies Symposium, Monash University, April 24.
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