Edgar Mejia
Associate Professor
Education:
Ph.D. - Boston University
Area(s) of Expertise:
19th and 20th Spanish American Literature. Travel Writing, Spanish American Cultural Studies, Latin American Cinema, Spanish as a Second Language
Selected Publications:
Mejía, E. (2015) Avatares de la subjetividad intelectual venezolana y del Estado comunal bolivariano en "Rating" (2011) de Alberto Barrera Tyszka. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos.(39), 415-438.
Mejia, E. (2012) Nación, coleccionismo y tecnologías visuales en el viaje a Veracruz de Manuel Payno (Nation, Collecting, and Visual Technologies in Manuel Payno's Journey to Veracruz). Literatura Mexicana.(23),
Selected Presentations:
Mejia, E. IV Congreso Internacional de BETA . , London, United Kingdom - "Paper: Etica y politica de masas en la Venezuela chavista: el caso de Rating de Alberto Barrera Tyszka (Ethics and politics of masses in Chavez's Venezuela: a reading of Alberto Barrera Tyszka's novel Rating)" May, 2014
Mejia, E. Latin American Association. , Washington, DC - "Etica y Exclusion en Rating de Alberto Barrera Tyszka (Exclusion and Ethics in Rating by Alberto Barrera Tyszka" May, 2013
Mejia, E. Coloquio Internacional Interdisciplinario Sobre Cultura Visual. , Veracruz, Mexico - "Paper: Opticas nacionales: la literatura de viajes en la emergencia de la cultura visual" September, 2011
Mejia, E. Conference on Octavio Paz. , Los Angeles, CA - "Octavio Paz y el modernismo" May, 2010
Mejia, E. International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - "Nostalgia, modernity, and territory in Manuel Payno's The Bandits of Rio Frio" June, 2009
