Dr. Mariela Méndez de Coudriet
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Iberian Studies
Profile
Grants and Fellowships
Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowship for Women Educators, 1998-1999.
Awards
J. William Fulbright Grant, 1998-2000.
Presentations
"Dentro y fuera de la escena cultural y literaria: la 'performance' de Alfonsina Storni y Clarice Lispector como escritoras" ["Inside and Outside the Cultural and Literary Scene: the 'performance' of Alfonsina Storni and Clarice Lispector as writers"]. Washington, D.C.: Latin American Studies Association International Congress, May 29-June 1 2013.
"Dilemas de la identidad en Rasgado de Lila Zemborain (2006) y Non son de aqui de María do Cebreiro (2008)" ["Identity Dilemmas in Rasgado by Lila Zemborain and Non son de aqui by María do Cebreiro"]. Wake Forest University: Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, October 18-20 2012.
“‘This country where I live:’ Linguistic and Spatial Belonging in the Poetry of Alice Notley and Lila Zemborain." Denver: Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers, October 10-13 2012.
“‘¿Volverás a Santiago alguna vez?:’ Pertenencia espacial y lingüística en Rasgado de Lila Zemborain (2006) y Non son de aquí de María do Cebreiro" [“ ‘Will you ever come back to Santiago?:’ Spatial and Linguistic Belonging in Rasgado by Lila Zemborain (2006) and Non son de aquí by María do Cebreiro (2008)] Universidad de Cádiz, Spain: XXXIX Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamerican, July 3-6 2012.
“Aliadas e Insurrectas: Las columnas femeninas de Alfonsina Storni y Clarice Lispector” [“Allies and Rebels: The Feminine Columns of Alfonsina Storni and Clarice Lispector”] Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia: Simposio Redes, alianzas y afinidades: escritura de mujeres en América Latina, siglos XIX y XX. Homenaje a Montserrat Ordóñez, November 2-4 2011.
“Lenguaje y espacio hecho añicos en Rasgado de Lila Zemborain” [“Language and Space Shattered to Pieces in Rasgado by Lila Zemborain”] Habitar el género/Inhabiting gender. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain: XXI Congreso Anual de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica, October 19-21 2011.
“Doubled Voice: Poems and Translations.” 2011 Annual Conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Washington DC, February 2011.
Certifications
Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Publications
Books
Nosotras . . . y la piel, Co-Editor. Buenos Aires: Alfaguara (1998).
Articles
“'The dampness of her mother‟s womb, the only place to be' o cómo recuperar el habla después de la tragedia. Rasgado, de Lila Zemborain” Dossier “Travesías: del género, la ciudad y la literatura.”
No-Retornable, September 2010.
http://www.no-retornable.com.ar/v6/dossier/mendez.html
No-Retornable, September 2010.
http://www.no-retornable.com.ar/v6/dossier/mendez.html
"Disorienting the Furniture: The Transgressive Journalism of Alfonsina Storni and Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Journal of Transnational American Studies 1(2), March 2010, 2010.
"Identidad a contrapelo: Subjetividad femenina y espacios urbanos en el diario de Carolina Maria de Jesus." Nuevo Mundo/Mundos Nuevos, Debates 2009, November 2009
"‘The Republic of Women:' Notes Towards a Critical Assessment," Brújula, No. 4, University of California Davis, December 2005.
Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.A., Instituto de Educación Superior Olga Cossettini, Rosario, Argentina
Areas of Expertise
Southern Cone and Brazilian women writersComparative Literature
Contemporary Women's Poetry
Feminist Theory
Cultural Studies