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Author Archives: Dr. Rebecca Bender
Food, Art, and Eroticism? Gala’s Meals in Salvador Dalí’s Cookbook
Still looking for the perfect gift for someone who appreciates cooking and cookbooks, art and photography, or somewhat obscure Spanish cultural history? Good news! Just this October I learned that Taschen would publish a new edition of Salvador Dalí’s Rare, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Surrealism
Tagged 1940s, 1970s, books, Dalí, erotica, food, Salvador Dali, sexuality, Spain, surrealism
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“Celebración Cervantina / Cervantes Celebration” at K-State
2016 – This year marks the 400th anniversary of the deaths of two extremely influential literary figures: renowned English playwright William Shakespeare and celebrated Spanish playwright and novelist Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, who most know best as the author of … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Literature, Spain
Tagged 17th century, books, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Golden Age, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, novel
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Walking Around Scarecrows and Scarefishes: Surrealist Angst in Maruja Mallo and Pablo Neruda
One of the things I love about teaching and analyzing Spanish literature is that each time I (re)read a text for a new class or course, I end up interpreting it differently depending on what else I happen to be … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Spain, Spanish America, Surrealism, Women
Tagged 1930s, art, maruja mallo, Neruda, poetry, spanish art, surrealism
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Women and the Avant-garde: Maruja Mallo’s “Verbenas” (Carnivals)
Lately I’ve been returning to the art and literature of the Spanish Avant-garde – the time period that sparked my interest in studying Spanish literary, art, and cultural history more in depth (roughly 1917-1930s). Since I received my copy of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spain, Surrealism, Women
Tagged 1920s, art history, avant garde, gender, madrid, maruja mallo, modernity, Salvador Dali, spanish art, vanguardia, verbena
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Summer in Mexico: Monuments, Murals, and Mole, oh my!
It’s summer vacation! My third since starting this blog… And while the past two summers I traveled to Spain primarily for professional reasons (to present at conferences), I also made sure to plan my trips to include some vacation time. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History
Tagged Chapultapec, Diego Rivera, food, Mexico, mexico city, santa muerte, teotihuacan, travel
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Discovering “The Soul of Spain”… in Kansas!
Since my hectic, teaching-heavy spring semester is finally over, I now have some time to start easing back into a few of my research projects. But first, of course, I needed some time to relax and not think about anything … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Literature, Spain, Women
Tagged books, Eugenics, gender, goya, Havelock Ellis, sevilla, sexuality
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Photography and the Chromatic Language of Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban
With the Obamas’ recent trip to Cuba (March 2016), the Caribbean island has been appearing frequently across social media and in a variety of US news outlets – from the New York Times to Buzzfeed. National Geographic featured a piece … Continue reading
Teaching Spanish America: From the Conquest to Contemporary Film
This semester at Kansas State I’m teaching a 500-level Spanish American Literature survey course, and I decided to experiment a bit with the way I structured the content. Survey-style courses are always challenging to design, given their vast scope — … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literature, Pedagogy, Spanish America
Tagged Bolivia, colonization, conquista, film, Latin American Literature, literature, teaching spanish
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