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Joyce Tolliver is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Illinois. Her research interests include Modern Iberian literatures and cultures, Global Hispanophone studies with a focus on the Philippines during the late Spanish colonial period, Gender and sexuality studies, and Translation and Narrative theory. She explores how storytelling reflects and shapes human understanding of the world through literary narratives and other forms. Tolliver emphasizes narrative rhetorical analysis as a compelling method for discussing broad themes such as human interactions and social relations, investigating how narratives construct and contest identities and power dynamics. Her recent inquiries have included the analysis of historical narratives, the fraught relationship between Filipinos and peninsulares, and the role of translation in Iberian cultural history.
University of Illinois • Urbana, IL
Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish Studies, focusing on various topics throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
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