autobombo

para la página web de mi departamento, a la que no pongo un link sólo porque da un poco de vergüenza lo abandonada que está, me han pedido una biografía concisa pero actualizada (la anterior es de hace más de un año). aquí la coloco para regocijo del personal y para que todo el mundo practique su inglés:

rafael ponce-cordero is from guayaquil, ecuador and is a fourth-year ph.d. student in the department of hispanic languages and literatures. he received a b.a. in journalism (2000) and an m.a. in latin american history (2004) from the university of seville, where he carried out research for his master’s thesis at the archivo general de indias. most recently, in 2005, he received his m.a. in latin american literature and cultural studies with a minor concentration in peninsular literature from the university of pittsburgh. ponce-cordero has received a graduate certificate from the center for latin american studies and will soon finish the requirements for his cultural studies graduate certificate. he has conducted research in ecuador and spain, and plans to do the same in mexico in the near future. currently, ponce-cordero is co-editor of osamayor, the department’s graduate publication, for its forthcoming 2007 issue. his interests include 20th-century latin american narrative (especially boom and post-boom), latin american cultural studies (for example soap operas and popular music, among other phenomena), and a variety of latin american literary and theoretical debates (particularly postcolonial and subaltern studies). at present, ponce-cordero is working on his doctoral dissertation, which focuses on the figure of the popular hero in latin america and its treatment in literature and pop culture, and will include real-life and fictional icons such as julio jaramillo, daniel santos, santo el enmascarado de plata, kalimán, el chapulín colorado, ernesto che guevara, diego armando maradona, and the narcos and guapos de barrio of narcocorrido and reggaetón.

nótese el toque guayaco, y también por supuesto el inevitable toque un pelín bombástico, pero que conste que todo es la puritita verdad. mi santa madre estará hasta orgullosa. eso es quizá lo peor de todo, o lo mejor, o por lo menos lo más chistoso. hasta la próxima.

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