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faculty LEILA LEHNEN
Her academic background and present research and teaching interests lie in a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to contemporary Luso-Brazilian and Spanish American literatures. Specifically Prof. Lehnen examines how the cultural discourses of the Lusophone and Spanish-speaking Americas come together and/or drift apart in the present-day global era. The increased traffic in material, cultural commodities as well as augmented migratory fluxes caused, in part, by globalization has eroded the traditional linguistic and cultural separation between Brazil and its Spanish-language neighbors while also exacerbating some of the socio-economic differences that exist between countries—or within nations. Her courses, such as for example, “Consuming Culture: Latin American Literature and Consumer Culture,” reflect these interests. Some of the issues that guide Professor Lehnen’s research and teaching are: • Consumption and culture.
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Professor Lehnen teaches contemporary Brazilian and Spanish American literatures and cultures, focusing on issues of globalization/urbanism within Latin American cultural production.
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