Gilberto M. Blasini, Associate Professor
Office: Curtin Hall 487
Phone: 414-229-4548
e-mail: gblasini@uwm.edu
Degree(s):
Ph.D., Critical Studies in Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Critical Studies in Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., English Literature, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Research Interests:
Road Movies (particularly in the U.S. and Latin America)
Caribbean Cinema
Post-1980 U.S. Television
Contemporary Puerto Rican Dance and Performance Art
Latin American/Latino Popular Cultures
Teaching Interests:
Latin American and Caribbean Cinemas
Post-1967 U.S. Cinema (Road Movies, Horror Films)
Contemporary Film Theory
Global Auteurs
Queer Cinema
Television Theory and Criticism
Other Relevant Activities:
Faculty Advisory Committee, UWM's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
Chair, Film Studies Section-Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Moderator (with Patrice Petro) of the Milwaukee Chapter of the Key Sunday Cinema Club
Recent Publications:
"¡Bien Gorgeous! The Cultural Work of Eduardo Alegría," in Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. 19.1. (Spring 2007)
An essay on Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper (1976) for Film Analysis: A Norton Reader edited by Jeffrey Geiger and Randy Rutsky. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (2005)
Entries on Family, Survivor, and The Arsenio Hall Show for Encyclopedia of Television edited by Horace Newcomb. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Press. (2005)
"Islands in the TV Stream: The Caribbean in the U.S. Televisual Imaginary," in Prospero's Isles: The Presence of the Caribbean in the North American Imaginary edited by Diane Accaria and Rodolfo Popelnik. Basingtoke: Macmillan Academic Press. (2004)
"The Performance of Multicultural Identity in U.S. Network Television: Shiny, Happy, Popstars (Holding Hands)," co-authored with L.S. Kim, in British journal Emergences 11.2. (November, 2001)
"El mundo según Plaff. Una reevaluación del cine cubano de finales de los 80," in Venezuelan journal Objeto Visual 7. (December, 2000)
"The World According to Plaff: Reassessing Cuban Cinema in the 1980s," in Visible Nations: Latin American Cinema and Video edited by Chon Noriega. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press.(2000)