Margarita Vargas
PhD
Scholarly Interests
Contemporary Spanish-American theatre; Mexican film; Feminisms
Education
- PhD, University of Kansas, 1985
- MA, University of Kansas, 1982
- BA, Yale University, 1979
Selected Publications
- “The Possibility of Justice: Bárbara Colio’s Antigone in Usted está aquí.” Mediterranean Studies 21.1 (2013): 67-78.
- “Disrupting Motherhood/Restructuring the Nation: Diana Raznovich’s Casa matriz.” Ámbitos Feministas 1 (otoño 2011): 105-118.
- “Sexual and Political Disillusion in Y tu mamá también.” Coming of Age on Film: Stories of Transformation in World Cinema. Ed. Anne Hardcastle, Roberta Morosini, and Kendall B. Tarte. New Castle on Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
- “El espacio escénico en el mundo homosocial en . . . Y a otra cosa mariposa de Susana Torres Molina.” Espacios de representación. Ed. Lola Proanio. Cádiz, Spain, 2006.
- “Staging Identity Through Art.” CR: The New Centennial Review 5.3 (winter 2005): 65-82.
Courses Taught
- SPA 535: Mexican Cinema. Feminism and Film
- SPA 509: Mexican Theatre and Postmodernism
- SPA 513: Spanish-American Theatre & Theories of Identity
- SPA 435: Mexican Cinema: A Cultural, Historical, and Technical View
- SPA 416: Spanish-American Theatre
- SPA 311: Survey of Spanish-American Literature
Affiliations
- Editorial Board, Latin American Theatre Review
- Vice President, NEMLA Women’s Caucus