Monday, February 24, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM (ET)
Humanities, Room 1008100 Nicolls RoadStony Brook NY 11794
Adrienne Unger 631-632-9983adrienne.unger@stonybrook.edu
Rodrigo Viqueiro says we tend to think about race in visual terms. However, auditory information and categories—such as voice, cadence, pitch, and noise— have historically shaped the construction of racialized identities, usually operating alongside the visual. This presentation will discuss the connection between recorded sound, racial narratives, and mass culture in Argentina during the first decades of the twentieth century.
Sponsored by the History Department, the Hispanic Languages & Literature Department, the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center, and the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook.
is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages & Literature at Stony Brook University. He earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and is a scholar of modern and contemporary Latin American literature and culture, specializing in the cultural production of the Southern Cone and Brazil. He is the author of , (2019).