Karen Roybal lecture: Archives of Dispossession: Uncovering Mexicana Memory through Testimonio

Visiting Professor Karen Roybal will be giving a talk,
Archives of Dispossession: Uncovering Mexicana Memory through Testimonio
                       2:00 PM January 25, 2013
                       SUB, 3rd Floor, Fiesta A room

In this talk, Karen Roybal will use Mexicanas’ literal and literary testimonios to challenge nineteenth- and twentieth-century narratives that privilege the male voice and experience in land grant history as it relates to the making of the U.S. Southwest. She argues that these testimonios reveal an alternative archive that challenges traditional historical accounts that elide the importance of gender in this contested history.

Dr. Karen Roybal is a Visiting Research Scholar in The Center for Regional Studies and Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at UNM. Her research interests include Chicana/o, Latina/o Literature, Autobiographical Theory, Chicana/Latina Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Nineteenth & Twentieth Century Mexican-American History.