Introduction: Re-visiting the Americas

Magali Sperling Beck; Rubelise da Cunha

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2014n67p9

Authors

Magali Sperling Beck UFSC
Rubelise da Cunha Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2014n67p9

Abstract

Introduction

Author Biographies

Magali Sperling Beck, UFSC

Magali Sperling Beck holds a Doctoral Degree in English from the University of Alberta, Canada. She is an Adjunct Professor of Literatures in English at the Modern Languages Department and at the Graduate Program in English, both at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Her research interests include Canadian and American literature, travel writing, inter-American crossings. Her recent publication includes articles on travel writing by women in the Americas. E-mail: magalisperling@gmail.com

Rubelise da Cunha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

** Rubelise da Cunha is Associate Professor of English and Vice-Coordinator of the Center for Canadian Studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil. She developed research on genre theory and Indigenous theatre as a Visiting Scholar at Laurentian University (Sudbury, Canada, 2008-2009). Her research as financed by CAPES. She is a member of ANPOLL in the research group on Transculturality, Language and Education. Her research fields include postmodern and postcolonial literatures, comparative studies (Brazil-Canada) and Indigenous literatures. E-mail: rubelise@hotmail.com