Session Details
Sunday, 27 December
50. Cultura puertorriqueña y (pos)trabajo
5:15–6:30 p.m., Washington B, Loews
Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Puerto Rican Literature and Culture
Presiding: Guillermo Bey Irizarry Díaz, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs
1. “The Work of Mourning: Trauma, Loss, and Material Culture,” Jason Cortés, Rutgers Univ., Newark
2. “Manos (femeninas) a la obra: Work Space and Community in the Beauty Salon,” Radost Rangelova, Gettysburg Coll.
3. “Trans-Caribbean Cyberqueens: Lozada’s No quiero quedarme sola y vacía,” Juan Rivera, Westfield State Coll.
4. “Spaces of Flexible Accumulation and the Commodification of Bodies in Mayra Santos and Daniel Torres,” Jorge Castillo, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs
For abstracts, visit guillermo.irizarry@uconn.edu.