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Ben. Sifuentes-Jáuregui
Associate Professor of American Studies and Comparative Literature

Office: RAB 108C

Office Hours: Monday  9:30-11:30

                          and by appointment
Email: bjauregui@amst.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-5776

Bio:
Ben. Sifuentes-Jáuregui researches Latino/a Literatures and Cultures, XXth-Century Latin American Cultural Studies, as well as gender theory and sexuality studies, and psychoanalysis. He is the author of
Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature (Palgrave,
2002), and has also published articles on sexuality, queer identities in Latino/a America, and melodrama.

Professor Sifuentes-Jáuregui teaches a variety of undergraduate courses on Latin American and U.S. Latino/a literature, film, performance theory, and cultural practices. Presently he is working on two book projects: one on the relation of melodrama and masochism in a series of Latin American novels, films, and essays; the other on Latino identity and trauma theory.

Sample Writing:
Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature

Personal Web Site:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jauregui/

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