U of A’s Erika Almenara Explores Gender Identity, Marginalization and Resistance in New Book

Cover of The Language of the In-Between

Erika Almenara’s new book, titled The Language of the In-Between: Travestis, Post-Hegemony, and Writing in Contemporary Chile and Peru, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press on Oct. 4.

Almenara is an associate professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Arkansas and was recently awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholarship to teach and conduct research in Peru while completing her second book: Literary and Cultural Representations of Social Gender Perception in Post-Conflict Societies. 

Almenara’s book explores the overarching themes of the “in-between,” identity and national identity, and transforming marginalization and oppression through travesti discourse.

The Language of the In-Between: Travestis, Post-Hegemony, and Writing in Contemporary Chile and Peru is available through the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Read the full article on the World Languages, Literatures and Cultures website.