Jan Gustafsson

Jan Gustafsson

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, PhD in Latin American and Hispanic studies. Main areas: Latin American culture, literature and history. 

Primary research areas: 

Current Latin American narrative fiction

Latin American culture, including music, film, literature, and political culture

Utopia as a phenomenon, utopia as methodological and theoretical concept

Theory within cultural and identity studies

Current research projects: 

Photography in relation to narrative fiction. Theory and empirical studies. 

Music and subjectivity in Latin America. 

Dimensions of utopia in revolutionary Cuba. 

Main areas of teaching and supervision: 

Latin America: History, culture, literature, politics

Literarure in Spanish

Nation and identity in Latin America

Current Latin American politics and society, including the new left movements, indigenous people's movements, feminism, and perceptions of human-nature relations. 

Office hours: Thursday 12-14

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