About the Book
This book is formed by various chapters studying the manner in which conflicts, changes and ideologies appear in contemporary Hispanic discourses. The contributions analyze a wide variety of topics related to the manner in which ideological and epistemological changes of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries are reflected in, and shape, Spanish language, literature, and other cultural expressions in both Spain and Latin America. The 19th century was conducive to various movements of independence...
About the Author: Teresa Fernandez Ulloa received a PhD in Hispanic Philology, with a concentration in language and linguistics, from the Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. She is an Associate Professor, and Chair of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department, at the California State University, Bakersfield, where she teaches courses on Spanish language, linguistics, literature and the methodology of language teaching. She has also taught at the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain), East Carolina University (USA), and the University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain). Her areas of research are sociolinguistics, focusing on languages in contact and discourse analysis, and the methodology of language teaching, particularly focusing on Spanish as first and second language. Her recent publications include Lost in translation: la educacion bilingue en los Estados Unidos; Claves y analisis del discurso politico en el Pais Vasco (with H. Urrutia); Ideology, Politics and Demands in Spanish Language, Literature and Film (as editor); and Otherness in Hispanic Culture (as editor).
