Israel Reyes
Professor
Appointments
Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Director of Fellowships, Office of the Provost
Area of Expertise
Latinx Studies,
Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
Puerto Rican Literature and Culture,
Gay and Lesbian/Queer Studies,
Comparative Literature,
Women and Gender Studies,
Media Studies
Biography
Israel Reyes is a Professor and current Chair of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College, the former Chair of the Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies Program, and holds an Adjunct Appointment with the Comparative Literature Program. He also serves as the Director of Fellowships in the Office of the Provost and organizes mentoring and professional development for a cohort of pre- and postdoctoral fellows. Professor Reyes teaches and conducts research on Latin American, Puerto Rican, and US Latinx literature and culture. He received his BA in Creative Writing and English from the University of Illinois-Chicago and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Iowa. His publications include his two books, Humor and the Eccentric Text in Puerto Rican Literature (University Press of Florida 2005) and Embodied Economies: Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater (Rutgers University Press 2022). He has published scholarly articles on Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lalo Alcaraz, Nemesio Canales, Cristina García, Ana Lydia Vega, and Manuel Ramos Otero. He is currently working on a book project on Puerto Rican visual and performance cultures on Chicago's Paseo Boricua.
Education
B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A. University of Iowa
Ph.D. University of Iowa
Taught Courses
Publications
Book: Humor and the Eccentric Text in Puerto Rican Literature. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005.
Book: Embodied Economies: Diaspora and Transcultural Capital in Latinx Caribbean Fiction and Theater. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2022.
"Memory in Motion: UrbanTheater Company's Back in the Day and the Chicago Latinx Dance Crews of the 1980s." Latin American Theatre Review 55.1 (2021): 103-132.
"Memory and Culinary Nostalgia in Cuban American Performance and Memoir." Des/memorias: Culturas y prácticas mnemónicas en América Latina y el Caribe. Eds. Adriana López-Labourdette, Silvia Spitta, and Valeria Wagner. Barcelona: Linkgua (2016): 193-212.
"Politics of Humor." Encyclopedia of Latinas and Latinos in Contemporary Politics, Law, and Social Movements. Eds. Deena J. González and Susanne Oboler. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2015)
"Barrio, Body, Beat: Tato Laviera and the Holistic Rhythm of Mestizaje." The AmeRican Poet: Essays on the Work of Tato Laviera. Eds. Stephanie Alvarez and William Luis. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, 2014. 184-96.
"La frontera que embizca: Las caricaturas políticas de Lalo Alcaraz" Revista Iberoamericana. 57.234 (2011): 195-211.
"Migration and Ethnic Humor in Ana Lydia Vega's 'Pollito Chicken.'" Invited book chapter for Cross Currents: Building Bridges across American and Nigerian Studies. Ed. Judith Byfield. Ibadan, Nigeria: BookBuilders, 2009. 15-31.
"Transnational Bodies, Queer Borders: The Challenge of Latin American and Latino/a Sexual Identities," Latin American Studies Association Forum , 37:3 (Summer 2006) 18-20.
"Recuerdos "parciales" y el closet de la literatura: Ficción y autobiografía de Judith Ortiz Cofer. La Revista Iberoamericana. Eds. Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez and Frances Aparicio. 71.212 (2005): 847-64.
"Comedy and Humor." Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Eds. Deena J. González and Susanne Oboler. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2005).
"De-facing Cuba: Translating and Transfiguring Cristina García's The Agüero Sisters." Voice-Overs: Translation and Latin American Literature. Eds. Daniel Balderston and Marcy Schwartz. Albany: SUNY (2002) 224-34.
"La sabiduría de la mujer en la obra de Nemesio Canales." Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana. 26.54 (2001): 111-28.
Works in Progress
Book manuscript: Between Two Flags: Puerto Rican Visual and Performance Cultures on Chicago's Paseo Boricua
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