Alexander Torres
Biographic Data
| ID | 3654036 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Torres |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Torres |
| SIGNATURE | TORRES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2793-0745 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mi nombre es Rufus
This article analyzes Mi nombre es Rufus (2008) by Juan Terranova as a post-Menemist memoir/Bildungsroman that reflects the cultural and socioeconomic transformations of Argentina in the 1990s. Framed as the memoirs of a former punk guitarist in Buenos Aires, the novel articulates rock culture, memory, and political history to explore the effects of neoliberal reform and capitalist modernity on the Argentine lifeworld. Contrary to the author’s cl…
The Revelations of Violence in the Novel Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya
For decades up to the present, Central America has undergone violence in opposition to its self-determination, resulting in the death, disappearance, and displacement of countless people. In the case of Guatemala, what would be described as genocide was carried out against its Mayan population. Through an analysis of the novel Senselessness (2008) – originally published in Spanish in 2004 as Insensatez – by the Salvadoran writer born in Honduras,…
Introducción
Formación geopoética y trascendencia ontológica en 98 segundos sin sombra de Giovanna Rivero y El sonido de la H de Magela Baudoin
En este artículo se examinarán dos Bildungsromane bolivianos: 98 segundos sin sombra (2014) de Giovanna Rivero y El sonido de la H (2015) de Magela Baudoin, los cuales demuestran el aprovechamiento de las posibilidades experienciales abiertas por la modernidad capitalista para lograr la individuación y el deseo de alcanzar un estatus ontológico fuera de las configuraciones del mundo de la vida del capitalismo mundial que impregna no sólo el "cent…
Formación geopoética y trascendencia ontológica en 98 segundos sin sombra de Giovanna Rivero y El sonido de la H de Magela Baudoin
En este artículo se examinarán dos Bildungsromane bolivianos: 98 segundos sin sombra (2014) de Giovanna Rivero y El sonido de la H (2015) de Magela Baudoin, los cuales demuestran el aprovechamiento de las posibilidades experienciales abiertas por la modernidad capitalista para lograr la individuación y el deseo de alcanzar un estatus ontológico fuera de las configuraciones del mundo de la vida del capitalismo mundial que impregna no sólo el "cent…
Introducción
Formación geopoética y trascendencia ontológica en 98 segundos sin sombra de Giovanna Rivero y El sonido de la H de Magela Baudoin
En este artículo se examinarán dos Bildungsromane bolivianos: 98 segundos sin sombra (2014) de Giovanna Rivero y El sonido de la H (2015) de Magela Baudoin, los cuales demuestran el aprovechamiento de las posibilidades experienciales abiertas por la modernidad capitalista para lograr la individuación y el deseo de alcanzar un estatus ontológico fuera de las configuraciones del mundo de la vida del capitalismo mundial que impregna no sólo el "cent…
The Revelations of Violence in the Novel Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya
For decades up to the present, Central America has undergone violence in opposition to its self-determination, resulting in the death, disappearance, and displacement of countless people. In the case of Guatemala, what would be described as genocide was carried out against its Mayan population. Through an analysis of the novel Senselessness (2008) – originally published in Spanish in 2004 as Insensatez – by the Salvadoran writer born in Honduras,…
Mi nombre es Rufus
This article analyzes Mi nombre es Rufus (2008) by Juan Terranova as a post-Menemist memoir/Bildungsroman that reflects the cultural and socioeconomic transformations of Argentina in the 1990s. Framed as the memoirs of a former punk guitarist in Buenos Aires, the novel articulates rock culture, memory, and political history to explore the effects of neoliberal reform and capitalist modernity on the Argentine lifeworld. Contrary to the author’s cl…
Latin American Literature Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Philosophical and Cultural Analysis (2 works) · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work) · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Late capitalism (1 work) · Latin American Cultural Politics (1 work)