| Leslie Damasceno, PhD UCLA, Associate Professor of the Practice of Portuguese-Department of Romance Studies; Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies; Coordinator, Program of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies. Leslie Damasceno's major research and publication areas are Brazilian and Latin American theatre, Brazilian cultural theory and theatre and performance theory. Her last book, Cultural Space and Theatrical Conventions in the Work of Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, analyzes Brazilian political theatre of the 1950s-70s. She is currently writing a book on theatrical image and consumer society in Brazilian theatre of the past decade and finishing research for a Rockefeller funded project on privatization policies, neoliberal reform and Brazilian theatrical practices. She is currently serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies. Education:
- PhD in Romance Linguistics and Literature UCLA, 1987
- Faculdade de Letras Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1975
- Masters in Comparative Literature (French and Spanish) San Francisco State University, 1974
- BA College of William and Mary, 1966
Research Interests:
Brazillian and Latin American Theater and Film, Brazilian Cultural Theory and Literature, and
Cultural Theater and Film Theory. Recent Publications (More Publications)
- "Sentido, sentimento e sensibilidade do grotesco no teatro latinoamericano." Percevejo: Edição Especial, Teatro Latinomericano XIV (Accepted, Summer, 2008).
- "In your face: identity, attitude and latino theatre." Ed. Sónia Torres. Universidade Federal Fluminense Press, December, 2006, 59-66.
- "The Gestural Art of Reclaiming Utopia:Denise Stoklos at Play with the Hysterical-Historical." Holy Terrors! Latin American Women Perform. Ed. Diana Taylor and Roslyn Costantino. Durham, NC: Duke University Press,
Accepted, 2004.
- "Five entries on Brazilian theatre." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American Culture Ed. Dan Balderston, Ana Lopez and Mike Gonzalez. Routledge Press, forthcoming 2003.
- Staging the Crisis: Utopian Ideals, Consumer Aesthetics and the Theatrical Image in Brazillian Theatre from Collor to Cardoso. September, 2002.
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