Katia da Costa Bezerra, Ph.D.

Dr. Katia da Costa Bezerra has published essays on Contemporary Portuguese, Brazilian and Lusophone African literature. She is also concerned with the rescue of a literary production published by mineiras born in the XIX century. Her theoretical approaches include questions on gender, sexuality, nationhood, memory and race.

University of Minnesota
Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature and Linguistics

Awards

Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Humanities, University of Arizona, April 2004.

Publications since 2001

Books:

Bezerra, Kátia da Costa. Tirando do baú: antologia de poetas brasileiras do século XIX. Belo Horizonte: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas de Pedro Leopoldo, 2003.

Refereed journal articles published:

Bezerra, Kátia da Costa. "Um Rio Chamado Tempo, Uma Casa Chamada Terra: A Tensa Re-escrita da Nação Moçambicana." Estudos Portugueses e Africanos 43/44 (2005): 54-68.

"Lara de Lemos: O Tenso Rememorar da Ditadura Militar no Brasil." Graphos 6.2/1 (2004): 85-94.

"Antonietta Vilela: Staging Women's Perspectives in the 1800?s." Hispanic Journal 24.1-2 (2003): 235-248.