Biography
Education
- Ph D in Spanish, University of Maryland, College Park
- MA in Spanish and Latin American Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
- BA in Spanish and Latin American Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Dr. Roc铆o Gordon started her undergraduate studies in the University of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and finished in 2006 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) where she also completed her M.A. in 2007 in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies. Dr. Gordon finished her Ph.D. in 2013 in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland, College Park. She focuses on Contemporary Latin American film and literature, especially from Argentina. She has presented her work in several local and international conferences and has published articles on both film and literature. Her book Narrativas de la suspensi贸n (Narratives of suspension) was published in 2017. Her most recent research focuses on third generation Jewish-Argentinean filmmakers and on the representation of the slums in current Argentinean cinema.
Dr. Gordon taught Spanish language and Latin American culture classes at the University of Maryland, College Park (2007-2013) and at Lafayette College (2012-2013). She also was a faculty member in Middlebury Languages Schools three summers (2011, 2012 and 2015). At 性爱研究所 she teaches Spanish language and culture classes (especially Spanish in the Digital Age and Conversation via Cinema), upper level Latin American literature and culture classes, the Modern Languages Senior Seminar and International Cinema.
Teaching
Spanish Language, Latin American Culture, and Film Studies.
Research
Contemporary Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Latin American Cinema, Literary and Film Theory, Avant-Garde.
Selected Accomplishments
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Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2025). 鈥淓l potencial narrativo del espacio costero鈥. En la otra isla. Revista de audiovisual Latinoamericano. Volume, 11. Issue, 2024. Pages, 42-61. -
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
(2024). 鈥淰acation Landscape and Interpersonal Crisis in Argentine Film鈥. Rowman and Littlefield / Lexington Books. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2024). 鈥淔elices vacaciones: cuestiones de g茅neros en All Inclusive, Las Vegas y Sue帽o Florian贸polis鈥. Imagofagia. Volume, 29. Pages, 46-71. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2023). Los paisajes del duelo: espacios de p茅rdida en la costa argentina. Etica y cine. Volume, 13. Issue, 2. Pages, 37-48. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2021). 鈥淎proximaciones a lo jud铆o en el documental argentino reciente: Papirosen (2011), Un pogrom en Buenos Aires (2007) y Hacer patria (2006), has been accepted for publication in an edited volume 鈥淣ew perspectives on Latin American Documentary Film鈥. Revista Iberoamericana - University of Pittsburgh. Volume, 87. Issue, 277. Pages, 1179-1198. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). "The Villero Cinema of C茅sar Gonz谩lez". Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). "La villa en el cine argentino: entre el mainstream, la distancia ir贸nica y la apropiaci贸n". Chasqui - Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). "El melodrama en comedias jud铆as argentinas: El abrazo partido, Jud铆os en el espacio y Cara de queso". El ojo que piensa (Journal of the University of Guadalajara). Volume, 17. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). 鈥淐onfiguraciones del 鈥榶o鈥 en El abrazo partido (2004) de Daniel Burman y Papirosen (2011) de Gast贸n Solnicki: entre los otros y un lugar en la historia鈥. Revista de Estudios Hispanicos - Washington University. Volume, 52. -
Book, Scholarly-New
(2017). Narrativas de la suspensi贸n. Libraria Ediciones.
- Rocio Gordon, III Simposio de la Secci贸n de Estudios del Cono Sur (Latin American Studies Association), "鈥淢ovilidad y detenci贸n en el cine villero argentino鈥," Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2019)
- Rocio Gordon, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at the University of Virginia, "鈥淩epresentations of the Slums in Argentine Cinema鈥," Charlottesville, VA. (2018)
- Rocio Gordon, Northeast Modern Language Association, "鈥淓l uso del espacio en las representaciones de la villa en el cine argentino contempor谩neo鈥," Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. (2018)
- Rocio Gordon, "鈥淭he cine villero of Cesar Gonzalez鈥," West Chester, Pennsylvania. (2018)
- Rocio Gordon, Congreso internacional: Imaginarios digitales del sur. Historias de pertenencia y desarraigo en los cines hisp谩nicos, "鈥淟a re-apropiaci贸n del espacio: el cine villero de C茅sar Gonz谩lez鈥," Madrid, Spain. (2017)
- Rocio Gordon, Latin American Studies Association Annual Conference, "鈥淓l cine en la villa y la villa en el cine鈥," New York, NY. (2016)
- Rocio Gordon, Symposium 鈥淣ew perspectives on Latin American Documentary Film鈥, "鈥淎proximaciones a lo jud铆o en el documental argentino reciente: Papirosen (2011), Un pogrom en Buenos Aires (2007) y Hacer pa," Pittsburgh, PA. (2016)
- Rocio Gordon, Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, "o 鈥淪ubjetividad y desencanto: configuraciones del 鈥測o鈥 en El abrazo partido (2004) de Daniel Burman y Papirosen (2011) de Gas," Lexington, Kentucky. (2015)
- Rocio Gordon, Rocio Gordon, XIV Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hisp谩nica, "鈥淣arrar la derrota: El esp铆ritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia de Patricio Pron鈥," Cordoba, Argentina. (2014)
- Rocio Gordon, Latin American Studies Association, International Conference, "鈥淒etenerse En la pausa, abrir la escritura. Est茅tica y 茅tica en Diego Meret鈥," Chicago, IL. (2014)