Encarnacion Juarez-Almendros

Associate Professor
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Degrees

Licenciatura, University of Barcelona, Spain; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Research Profile

Juárez' specialization is Golden Age Spanish literature. Her research interest includes Quevedo and Cervantes's works, autobiographical and picaresque prose, women writings, cultural and disability studies. She has published Italia en la vida y obra de Quevedo (1990) and El cuerpo vestido y la construcción de la identidad en las narrativas autobiográficas del Siglo de Oro (Tamesis Books, 2006). Her articles have appeared on Cervantes, MLA, Bulletin of the Comediantes, La Perinola, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, and Revista Canadiense. Juárez has been appointed to the MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession (2005-2008). She is presently working on a book length project entitled Mujeres y discapacidad en la España pre-moderna: dueñas, prostitutas y santas.

Contact Information

154 Decio Faculty Hall
631-7126
juarez.6@nd.edu
http://www.nd.edu/~romlang/faculty/juarez.html