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Geoffrey Maguire specializes in contemporary Latin American film, literature, and visual art, with particular interests in cultural memory, queer representation, and gender and sexuality. He is the author of the book "Politics of Postmemory: Violence and Victimhood in Contemporary Argentine Culture" (2017) and has contributed to the volume "New Visions of Adolescence in Contemporary Latin American Cinema" (2018). His recent monograph, "Bodies of Water" (2024), explores the filmic representation of queer sexualities through the lenses of theories of temporality and embodiment. Broadly, Geoffrey is interested in the intersections of politics and culture in contemporary Latin America, including theoretical debates surrounding performance, masculinities, and cultural memory. He serves as Project Co-Lead of a research network funded by Cambridge Reproduction, which is an interdisciplinary, public-facing initiative that explores pressing socio-political questions related to queer conception, trans pregnancies, and parenthood.
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