Amanda Holmes
Associate Professor
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Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies
Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
amanda.holmes [at] mcgill.ca
Amanda Holmes received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Oregon in 2001. She has held a faculty position at 91社区 since then, served as chair of Hispanic Studies from 2008 to 2011, and is currently the director of graduate studies. Professor Holmes鈥檚 research considers literature and film through the lens of spatial theory and, particularly, urban studies. Her books have examined the image of the Latin American city in literature and culture, as well as national and transnational identities in Latin American film.
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Selected publications:
Books
. Co-editor with Parvathi Kumaraswami. Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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. Palgrave/Macmillan, 2017. 162 pp.
. Guest editor for special edition of Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hisp谩nicos 37.1 (2012). 232 pages.
. Co-edited with Richard Young. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010. 264 pages.
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. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2007. 212 pages.
Recent articles (selected)
鈥淔emininity in Flux: Gabriela Mistral鈥檚 Madwomen.鈥� Transitions in Latin American Literature: 1930-1980. Ed. Amanda Holmes and Parvathi Kumaraswami. Cambridge University Press, 2022. 198-210.
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鈥淎rchitectural Symbolism in Latin American Cinema.鈥� Routledge Companion to Media and the City. Ed. Erica Stein, Germaine R. Halegoua and Brendan Kredell. Routledge, 2022. 68-76.
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鈥淢emory Islands: Repeating Traumas in Patricio Guzm谩n鈥檚 Documentary Films.鈥� The Film Archipelago. Ed. Antonio G贸mez and Francisco-J. Hern谩ndez Adri谩n. London: Bloomsbury, 2022. 73-88.
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鈥淓l cine comprometido de Pablo Trapero: en busca de soluciones para Buenos Aires.鈥� Cine y megal贸polis. Ed. Gina Cebey. Mexico: UNAM, 2021. 40-65.
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鈥淢apas transnacionales del cine hisp谩nico.鈥� Transnacionalidad, cine y audiovisual en Am茅rica Latina. Ed. Elvira Ant贸n-Carrillo, Enrique Camacho Navarro y Geovanny Narv谩ez. UNAM, 2020. 111-132.
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鈥淟as propiedades del cristal en Nueve reinas,鈥� Perspectivas multidisciplinarias sobre la Argentina contempor谩nea, edited by Jorge Carlos Guerrero, Editorial Universidad Nacional de C贸rdoba, Editorial Universidad Nacional de R铆o Negro, Editorial Universidad Nacional de la Plata (University Presses), 2019, 279-296. Traducci贸n de Jorge Jim茅nez-Bellver.
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鈥淩eplicating Home: Inside the Gated Communities of Argentina.鈥� Hispanic Studies Review 3.2 (2018): 20-29.
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Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 20 (2016): 10-19.
鈥淟a mirada tras la muralla: la arquitectura del cine argentino en El hombre de al lado (2009) y Medianeras (2011).鈥� Sujetos, espacios y temporalidades en el cine argentino reciente. A veinte a帽os del NCA. Ed. Gast贸n Lillo. Ottawa: Legas, 2015. 57-70.
鈥淏ackstage Pass to the City: The Soundscape of Suite Habana.鈥� Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas 12.2 (2015): 123-137.
鈥淩egarding Gender and Nature in Madeinusa (2006).鈥� Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hisp谩nicos 37.1 (2012): 203-216. (Published in 2013)
Recent lectures and conferences (selected)
鈥淢idcentury Literature in Transition.鈥� LASA Boston. June 2019.
鈥淢emory Islands: Repeating Traumas in Patricio Guzm谩n鈥檚 Documentary Films鈥� Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UQAM. May 2018.
鈥淭he Hyperreal in Argentine Cinema of the Gated Community鈥� Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Hispanists, Ryerson University. June 2017.
Guest Speaker at V South By Midwest International Conference on Latin American Cultural Studies: 鈥淒ivided Lives: Urban Spaces, Victimization, and Resistance in Latin America.鈥� Washington University in St. Louis. Presented 鈥淒angerously Secure: Inside the Gated Communities of Argentina.鈥� October 21st, 2016.
Guest Speaker at Women, Film Culture, and Globalization: Issues and Contexts. Concordia University, Montreal. Presented 鈥淭he Hotel Termas in La ni帽a santa: Unstable Frames and Open Boundaries.鈥� September 4th, 2016.
鈥淧roperties of Glass in Nueve reinas.鈥� Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Hispanists, University of Ottawa. June 2015.
鈥淧laying Woman in Mar铆a Novaro鈥檚 Lola.鈥� Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Puerto Rico. May 2015.
Guest Speaker at CLAHS Humanities Symposium: 鈥淔ilm and Phenomenology: Affect, Bodies, and Circulations in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema.鈥� Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. October 21-22, 2015.
Keynote Speaker for IV Coloquio Internacional TRANSIT: Lo transnacional en la fotograf铆a y el cine latinoamericanos (1900-2015). Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (UNAM), Mexico City. Presented 鈥淎rquitecturas del cine latinoamericano: identidad nacional versus pol铆ticas transnacionales.鈥� April 22nd and 23rd, 2015.
Guest Speaker at Symposium: 鈥淗ispanic Cities and Cities of the Americas.鈥� University of Vermont. Presented 鈥淧izza birra faso: The Politics of Architecture in Neoliberal Buenos Aires.鈥� October 16-17, 2014.
Invited speaker for Roundtable on the 鈥淪patial Turn in Hispanic Cultures.鈥� MLA, Chicago. January 2014.
鈥淟a mirada tras la muralla: la arquitectura del cine argentino en El hombre de al lado (2009) y Medianeras (2011).鈥� Bishop鈥檚 University. November 12th, 2013.
Guest Speaker at Current Trends in Argentine Cinema. Twenty Years after the 鈥淣ew Cinema.鈥� Presented 鈥淟a mirada tras la muralla: la arquitectura en el cine argentino.鈥� University of Ottawa. October 4, 2013.
鈥淢apping the Soundscape of Suite Habana鈥� Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C. May 2013.
Recent courses taught
Undergraduate
HISP 244: Survey of Latin American Literature 2
HISP 340: Latin American Cinema.
HISP 351: Latin American Novel
HISP 358: Gender and Textualities
HISP 453: Twentieth Century Latin American Poetry
Graduate
HISP 682: The Fantastic
HISP 683: Latin American Literary Geographies
HISP 688: The City in Latin American Literature and Film
HISP 690: Nuevo Cine Argentino
HISP 691: Displacements in Latin American Film
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