Friday, October 17, 2003
USI lecture to consider the homoerotic essay
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A new member of the University of Southern Indiana foreign language faculty will present “Considerations Around the Homoerotic Essay in Latin America,” a lecture in USI’s Liberal Arts Colloquium, at 3:30 p.m. October 31 in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center. Dr. Mikel Imaz, assistant professor of Spanish, will focus on the works of various Latin American authors who have contributed to the establishment of a theoretical discourse about homoeroticism in Latin America during his presentation. The program will begin with discussion of Argentines Nestor Perlongher and Juan José Sebreli, and Chilean Pedro Lemebel. Imaz will explore the importance of Perlongher’s anthropological account of the male homosexual prostitute in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sebreli’s Historia secreta de los homosexuals en Buenos Aires is a historical retrospective of the social and historical conditions of the homosexual population in Buenos Aires across much of its history. While dealing with contemporary Chilean society, Pedro Lemebel’s chronicles examine the struggles of the homoerotic subject, both during and after the Pinochet dictatorship. The program’s focus will then shift to Colombian Jaime Manrique and his groundbreaking essay, “Eminent Maricones,” in which he discusses the importance of such figures as Federico García Lorca (Spain), Manuel Puig (Argentina), and Reinaldo Arenas (Cuba) in creating a respectable gay tradition in Hispanic literature. Formerly of Phoenix, Ariz., Imaz now resides in Evansville. He earned a Ph.D. in 2003 from Arizona State University, where he worked as a Spanish teaching assistant. He also holds a B.A. from Universidad de Deusto in Spain. Imaz is a member of the Modern Language Association and was recognized by Arizona State with a Ubiquity Award for the Most Outstanding Dissertation. The colloquium is a free lecture series featuring faculty research in the University of Southern Indiana School of Liberal Arts. |
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