Latin American and Women’s Studies Lecture
This article is from the Department of Latin American and Women's Studies Newsletter, which you can read here.
A Public Lecture by Dr. Ginetta Candelario, professor of Sociology and Latin American & Latina/o Studies, and the Women and Gender Program at Smith College Apr. 26, 2018 at 5:00 p.m., BRN 228 Dr. Candelario's research interests include Dominican history and society, with a focus on national identity formation and women’s history; Blackness in the Americas; Latin American, Caribbean and Latina feminisms; Latina/o communities; U.S. beauty culture; and museum studies. She has twice been a Fulbright Scholar in the Dominican Republic. Her current research is on Dominican feminist thought and activism, 1880–1961. Her first book, Black behind the ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops (Duke UP 2007) received the Best Book Award from the Latino Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association and the Best Book Award from the New England Council of Latin American Studies. For more information on her upcoming lecture, contact yamile.silva@scranton.edu Co-sponsors: CAS Dean, LA/W/S, Dept. of History, Dept. of Sociology and Criminal Justice, World Languages
