Latina/Latino Studies Speaker Series: Dr. Omaris Zamora
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Department of Latina/Latino Studies
- Location
- English Building, Room 160
- Date
- Dec 4, 2024 3:30 - 5:00 pm
- Contact
- Sean Ettinger
- snettin2@illinois.edu
- Views
- 26
- Originating Calendar
- Campus Humanities Calendar
Dr. Omaris Zamora will discuss her fabulated story of La Cigüapa, a Dominican folktale figure similar to Mexico's La Llorona, as an exercise for thinking about her character and the historical context in which she is initially imagined. She offer a transnational examination of this figure against the backdrop of colonialism, mining, and neoliberal capitalism from Hispaniola to Washington Heights.