My book Canibalia (Córdoba, Spain, 2005: second revised edition:Vervuert 2008), winner of the Premio Casa de las Americas 2005, focuses on the historical redefinition and ideological values of cannibalism as a shifting cultural metaphor, in constructing and contesting Latin American identities throughout various stages of its cultural history. Canibalia addresses how the metaphor of cannibalism, the conceptual character of Caliban and the trope of consumption, have been articulated with experiences of colonialism and (neo)colonialism, appropriation of cultural difference, hybrid identity construction, and with the rising criticism of the global market and consumerism in Latin America. I have also published Querella de los indios en las Cortes de la Muerte (1557) (Mexico: UNAM, 2002), a study (with an annotated edition) of a rare theatrical version of the Conquest of the New World from the sixteenth century influenced by Bartolomé de las Casas. My recent book The Conquest on Trial: Carvajal’s Complaint of the Indians in the “Court of Death” (Pennsylvania State UP, 2008) offers an English translation of the aforementioned play, with a completely new introduction and notes.
My articles have appeared in journals such as Colonial Latin American Review, Revista Ibeoramericana, Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana, Hispanic Issues, Bulletin of the Comediantes, Humboldt (Goethe Institut) Enunciación, Revista Casa Silva, and Revista de Estudios Colombianos.
