Dr. Sarah Misemer

Biography

Sarah M. Misemer is a professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies and serves as the associate director of undergraduate research in the LAUNCH office at Texas A&M University. She is the author of several notable works, including 'Secular Saints: Performing Frida Kahlo, Carlos Gardel, Eva Perón, Selena' (Tamesis, 2008) and 'Moving Forward, Looking Back: Trains, Literature, Arts River Plate' (Bucknell, 2010). Additionally, she has published 'Theatrical Topographies: Spatial Crises Uruguayan Theater Post-2001' (Bucknell, 2017) and co-edited 'Trial Ends: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann Jerusalem Retrospect' (Toronto, 2017). Misemer has published numerous articles in contemporary River Plate, Mexican, Spanish, and Latino theater journals such as the Latin American Theatre Review and Gestos. She is the editor of the Latin American Theatre Review Book series and serves on the editorial board of the Latin American Theatre Review journal, as well as the advisory board of the South Central Review. Her main research areas include contemporary Uruguayan and Argentine theater, performance, and literature. She has also been the past president of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica, which is associated with the study of gender and sexualities

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