Javier Muñoz-Díaz
Javier Muñoz-Díaz (he, him, his) is a literary and cultural critic. His research focuses on the cultural history of the Andean and Amazon regions, Indigenismo, Indigeneity, LGBTQ+ Studies, and Environmental Humanities. He is currently working on his first book manuscript titled “Queer Nature and Racialized Masculinities and in the Central Andes (1920s-1970s).”
Courses Taught at St. Lawrence
- SPAN 201: Advanced Spanish Language & Culture
- SPAN 221: Latin America in Film
- SPAN 3036: Gender & Race in Latin American Culture
- SPAN 3037: Indigenous Peoples in Latin American Culture
- SPAN3039: LGBTQ+ in Latin America & Abiayala
- SPAN3040: Science, Technology & Health in the Spanish-Speaking World
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Muñoz-Díaz, Javier. “Masculinidad subalterna y patriarcado colonial moderno en las memorias de Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez.” Anthropologica, vol 40, no. 49, pp. 111-136, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202202.006
Muñoz-Díaz, Javier. “Entre lo gótico y lo pedagógico: la crisis de la masculinidad del cholo en Fabla salvaje.” Archivo Vallejo, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 59-82, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31381/archivoVallejo.v4n8.5222.
Muñoz-Díaz, Javier. “Del proselitismo a la melancolía: las dos etapas de la poesía quechua-español de William Hurtado de Mendoza.” Revista Tierra Nuestra, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 10-20, 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21704/rtn.v14i1.1499
Ibacache Oliva, Kathia Salomé, Javier Muñoz-Díaz, Caitlin M. Berry and Eric A. Vance. “Forgotten Hispano-American Literature: Representation of Hispano-American Presses in Academic Libraries.” College & Research Libraries, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 928-944, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.81.6.928
Muñoz-Díaz, Javier. “Indigenous-Inspired Authorial Figures and Networks of Rural-Urban Migrants in The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below (1971), by José María Arguedas.” English Language Notes, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 75-91, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-8237421
Book Chapters
Muñoz-Díaz, Javier. “Retablistas, redes de migrantes y autoría de inspiración indígena en El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo.” Un universo encrespado. Cincuenta años de El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo. Edited by Enrique E. Cortez, pp. 51-72. Lima: Editorial Horizonte, 2021.