BACKGROUND

A.B. Bowdoin College
M.A. Middlebury College
Ph.D. Emory University

AREAS OF INTEREST

20th Century Latin American Theater and Performance
Narrative and Poetry of Contemporary Spanish America
Feminist Theory
Latino/a Theater
Modern Brazilian Literature.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Katherine Ford specializes in Modern Latin American literature, concentrating on Latin American theater and performance of the twentieth century with a special focus on Cuba and Argentina. Her current research is centered on the use of violence in theater and performance and how this intersects with the social and political ramifications that characterize the moments in which the plays are written and produced. She is also interested in the use of ancient Greek plays in modern Latin American and Latino theater.

PUBLICATIONS:

"El espectáculo revolucionario: el teatro cubano de la década de los sesenta". Latin American Theatre Review 39.1 (Fall 2005)

"Spaces Inside Out: Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La frontera." In Leading Ladies: The Hispanic Woman in the Arts and Literature. (Ed. Yvonne Fuentes and Margaret Parker). Louisiana State University, (2006.)