Education
B.A., Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid);
Ph.D., 20th Century Spanish Drama, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (2002)
Ph.D., Contemporary Spanish Film, Georgetown University (2004)
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
On Sabbatical for Spring 2008
Joined Connecticut College: 2004
Specialization:
- Contemporary Peninsular Literature
- Spanish Film Studies
- Spanish Cultural Studies
- Culture and Ideology
Professor Luis M. González specializes in Contemporary Spanish Film and Literature. His research interests include Popular Culture, Film, Drama, and TV. He explores the relationship between culture and ideology in Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries as well as questions of gender, class and ethnicity.
He has published two books on Spanish drama: La escena madrileña durante la II República (1931-1939) (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 1996) and El teatro español durante la II República y la crítica de su tiempo (1931-1936) (Fundación Universitaria Española, 2007). His latest book, Fascismo, kitsch y cine histórico en España (1939-1953, is currently under consideration for publication. Besides these books, Professor González has written several articles on Spanish film and drama.
Professor González is a member of the editorial board of the following literary journals: Monográficos de Artrabia, Teatro (Segunda Época) Revista de Estudios Escénicos, and Cadernos de Cenología.
View the Hispanic Studies department site.