{"id":792,"date":"2018-08-09T22:49:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intersections.es\/?page_id=792"},"modified":"2018-11-04T20:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T19:27:28","slug":"mercedes-penalba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/intersections.es\/?page_id=792","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Pe\u00f1alba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/intersections.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/J029PP7U7I_peq1.jpg&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1080px&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;80%&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243;][et_pb_image admin_label=&#8221;Foto Mercedes Pe\u00f1alba&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/intersections.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PE\u00d1ALBA.jpg&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; max_width=&#8221;250px&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ba75b0&#8243; border_width=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;500ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_3=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_3=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Dr. Carmen Lara-Rallo&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #7a10a0;\">Dr. Mercedes Pe\u00f1alba<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">is Lecturer of English at the University of Salamanca, where she regularly teaches contemporary short fiction, and British and American satire. Her research interests include the short story, autobiographical and documentary comics, and Holocaust narratives. She has contributed essays to several edited volumes and to such journals as <em>Signa<\/em>, <em>AdVersuS<\/em>, <em>Texto Cr\u00edtico<\/em>, <em>Culture<\/em>, <em>Language and Representation<\/em>, <em>Epos<\/em>, and <em>Short Story Criticism<\/em>. She is a current member of the American Network for Short Fiction Research, and the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/discursoeidentidade.com\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #7a10a0;\">GIR Research Group on Discourse and Identity (GI-1924)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\"> led by the University of Santiago de Compostela.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">In this research project, Mercedes Pe\u00f1alba critically examines the intersections of gender, race, class, and nationality in contemporary short stories by British women writers (Zadie Smith and Ali Smith, among others). Her research approach combines attention to narrative theory and postcolonial criticism, with special emphasis on the generic specificity of the short story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1080px&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;80%&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px|0|50px|0&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1080px&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;80%&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;36px|0px|27px|0px&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_3=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_3=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_4=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_4=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Publications&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"western\" lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #7a10a0;\">Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.12&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2019. \u201cPosmemoria y \u00e9tica de la imaginaci\u00f3n en la novela gr\u00e1fica de Joe Kubert <em>Yossel: 19 de abril de 1943<\/em>.\u201d <em>Los g\u00e9neros de la memoria.<\/em> Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Jean Monnet Papers: Cultural Studies in European Integration).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2018. \u201cBrevity as Form: Towards an Aesthetics of the Short Story.\u201d <em>Short Story Criticism, <\/em>ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 258, Detroit: Gale, Cengage, pp. 71-79. ISSN: 0895-9439.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2017. \u201cIntertextualidad e hibridaci\u00f3n gen\u00e9rica en <em>La soluci\u00f3n final<\/em> de Michael Chabon.\u201d <em>La globalizaci\u00f3n del crimen. Literatura, cine y nuevos medios<\/em>, Santiago de Compostela: Andavira, pp. 365-372. ISBN: 978-84-8408-979-7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2016. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Re-escritura y parodia: La adaptaci\u00f3n \u2018noir\u2019 de <em>La tierra bald\u00eda<\/em> de Martin Rowson.\u201d <em>El g\u00e9nero negro: De la marginalidad a la normalizaci\u00f3n<\/em>. Santiago de Compostela: Andavira, pp. 695-706. ISBN: 978-84-8408-905-6. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2015. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">\u201cLa novela gr\u00e1fica como palimpsesto: <em>Ciudad de cristal<\/em> de Paul Auster, Paul Karasik y David Mazzucchelli.\u201d <em>El g\u00e9nero eterno. Estudios sobre novela y cine negro<\/em>. Santiago de Compostela: Andavira, pp. 643-654. ISBN: 978-84-8408-803-5. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2015. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">\u201cWriting the Self, Drawing the Self: Identity and Self-Reflexivity in Craig Thompson\u2019s Graphic Memoir <em>Blankets.<\/em>\u201d<em> Culture, Language and Representation<\/em>, vol<em>. <\/em>XIV, pp. 155-180. ISSN: 1697-7750. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2015. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">\u201cMy World Is Sight\u201d: H.G. Wells\u2019s Anti-Utopian Imagination in \u201cThe Country of the Blind.\u201d <em>EPOS. Revista de Filolog\u00eda<\/em>, vol. XXXI, pp. 475-484. ISSN: 0213-201X. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2014. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">\u201cLa temporalidad en el c\u00f3mic.\u201d <em>Signa. Revista de la Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Semi\u00f3tica,<\/em> vol. 23, pp. 687-713. ISSN: 1133-3634. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2013.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Intermedialidad e Intertextualidad en la Serie <em>The Spirit<\/em> de Will Eisner.\u201d <em>AdVersuS. Revista de Semi\u00f3tica<\/em>, vol. 25, pp. 150-176. ISSN: 1669-7588. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2012. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">\u201cEst\u00e9tica de la brevedad.\u201d <em>Texto Cr\u00edtico (Nueva \u00e9poca)<\/em>, vol. 30, pp. 137-155. ISSN: 1048-6380. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\">2012. <\/span><span style=\"color: #4f4f4f;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Judging a Book by Its Cover: Reading Comics as Literature.\u201d <em>Teaching Literature in English.<\/em> Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia, pp. 177-187. ISBN: 978-84-15323-54-9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dr. Mercedes Pe\u00f1alba is Lecturer of English at the University of Salamanca, where she regularly teaches contemporary short fiction, and British and American satire. Her research interests include the short story, autobiographical and documentary comics, and Holocaust narratives. 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