Deborah R. VargasAssistant Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies |
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Research Interests |
Chicana/Latina Cultural Production; Racialized Sexualities; Critical Race Feminisms; Cultural Studies; Popular Culture | |
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Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Center 2007-2008 University of California Office of the President President's Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Davis Chicano Studies Program 2003-2004 |
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| Publications | Vargas, Deborah R. “Dissonant Divas: Mejicanas, Music, Nation.” [Under Contract. University of Minnesota Press] | |
| Vargas, Deborah R. “Rita Vidaurri’s Pants: The Charro Traje and Trans-sensuality.” Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. In Press, 2010. | ||
| Vargas, Deborah R. “Borderland Bolerista: The Licentious Lyricism of Chelo Silva.” Feminist Studies. Spring/Summer 2008. Volume 34, Number 1-2, 173-197. | ||
| Vargas, Deborah R. “Selena: Sounding A Transnational Latina/o Queer Imaginary.” ELN (English Language Notes). Vol. 45, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2007. | ||
| Vargas, Deborah R. "Brown Country: Johnny Rodriguez" in Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies. Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2007. | ||
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Vargas, Deborah R. “Cruzando Frontejas: Remapping Selena’s Tejano Music Crossover.” In Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change, edited by Norma Cantú and Olga Nájera-Ramírez, 224-236. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. REPRINTED in The Chicana/o Cultural Studies Reader edited by Angie Chabram-Dernersesian,314-323. Routledge Press, 2006 |
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Vargas, Deborah R. Various Encyclopedia Entries. Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. Edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sanchez-Korrol. Indiana University Press. 2006. |
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Vargas, Deborah R. Various Encyclopedia Entries. Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Popular Culture in the United States. Edited by Cordelia Canderlaria, Arturo Aldama, and Peter García. Tempe: Arizona State University Press. 2004. |
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Vargas, Deborah R. "Rosita Fernández: La Rosa de San Antonio." Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies. Special Issue: Gender on the Borderlands. Vol. 24, Number 2&3, 2003. |
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| Grants | UC MEXUS | |
| Smithsonian Institution Center for Latino Initiatives | ||
| John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship | ||
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Professional Societies |
American Studies Association Latin American Studies Association National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Mujeres Acitvas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) Cultural Studies Association |
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| Other Experience |
Oral Historian Smithsonian Institution Latino Music Oral History Project 1998—2003 |
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| Graduate Programs |
Culture and Theory |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5278 | |
| Last updated | 02/01/2010 | |