Cristina Miguez Cruz

Professor of Spanish

World Languages

[email protected]

Biography

Originally from Montevideo, Uruguay, I bring a 'Southern Cone' perspective to my work, though my heart is shared with Venezuela, where I completed my Master鈥檚, and the U.S., where I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Michigan.
My academic path wasn't a straight line; I actually began my journey studying agronomic engineering! That foundational love for nature and sciences eventually evolved into a passion for the study of cultures, films, and literatures. Today, I use cinema and music to bring the Spanish-speaking world to life.
While I like living in Colorado, I often find myself missing the ocean and the walkable lifestyle of Latin American cities. To recharge, I return to South America annually to reconnect with my roots and simply enjoy being back by the sea. When I鈥檓 not teaching, I enjoy relaxing in the park with my dogs and catching up on international films and series.

Education

Other in Contemporary Latin American Narrative and Cinema

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures: Spanish

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MA in Literary Studies

Central University of Venezuela

BA in Licenciate in Letters

University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay

Published Works

Miguez Cruz, C. Uruguayan Animation Films. Bloomsbury Publishing, .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2023). La vulnerabilidad de los cuerpos masculinos en el cine uruguayo (The Vulnerability of Male Bodies in Uruguayan Cinema). Latin American and LatinX Visual Culture, (5.3), 50-66. .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2021). Lo siniestro se sigue riendo en la literatura de Lamborghini, Aira y Carrera, y en la producci贸n cultural poscrisis 2001. Conversaciones del Cono Sur, Magazine of Southern Cone Session of LASA, .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2019). Consumo y Educaci贸n en el Cine Uruguayo Reciente: Entre la austeridad, el juego y el exceso. (pp 167-203). Prometeo Editorial. .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2018). Consumption and Education in Recent Uruguayan Cinema: Between Sobriety, Joy and Excess. Dissidences, Hispanic Journal of Theory and Criticism, 8(13), 35. .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2013). Imagined Criminals: Changing Aesthetics, Ethics, and Politics in Latin American Crime Cinema and Narrative. (26Issue 978-1-4331-2065-7, pp 172). Peter Lang Publishing. .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2012). "Consumption of Crack, Crime, and Drums in Uruguayan Narrative: From Estokolmo to La Alemana by Gustavo Escanlar.". Revista Hisp谩nica Moderna, Columbia University, (65.1), 25. .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2011). Crimen, v茅rtigo y enemistad absoluta en el cine venezolano: Secuestro express de Jonathan Jakubowicz. Caribe, journal of Caribbean culture and literature, XIV(1), 23-42. .
Miguez Cruz, C. (2009). "Feminine Crime and Gender Transgressions in Uruguayan Cinema.". Tiresias: Culture, Politics, and Critical Theory, Issue 3(NA), 114-133. lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/rll-assets/rll-docs/Tiresias%20Issue%203%20-%20April%202009.pdf.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2005). 鈥淧ower and History in the Uruguayan Postdictatorship: 隆Bernab茅, Bernab茅! by Tom谩s de Mattos and Maluco by Napole贸n Baccino.鈥�. Revista Argos. University Sim贸n Bol铆var, 42-43, 90-103.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2001). 鈥淒el simulacro de la risa y otras moscas. Stefania Mosca. El suplicio de los tiempos.鈥�. Revista Nacional de Cultura.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2001). 鈥淓ntrevista a Luz Marina Rivas: Mujeres tras la memoria en el fondo del mar.鈥�. Bolet铆n de la Fundaci贸n Kuai-Mare del Libro Venezolano.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2001). 鈥淗or谩cio Costa. Los jardines y los poetas.鈥�. Bolet铆n de la Fundaci贸n Kuai-Mare del Libro Venezolano.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2001). Adriana Bracho A la sombra del alma. Do帽a B谩rbara en el quehacer venezolano; Juan Calzadilla, ed. El platillo de la balanza. Escritos sobre la muerte, el perd贸n, la justicia, la impunidad; Carlos Sandoval La variedad el caos. Revista Imagen.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2001). 鈥淣either White nor Civilized: Uruguayan Postmodernism in 隆Bernab茅, Bernab茅! de Tom谩s de Mattos.鈥�. Revista Estudios, Universidad SIm贸n Bol铆var, 18, 147-166.
Miguez Cruz, C. (2001). 鈥淒unia Galindo. Teatro, cuerpo y naci贸n En las fronteras de una nueva sensibilidad; Andr茅s Bansart et al. Memoria, nostalgia y exilio". Revista Imagen.