Associate Professor of Spanish
Full-time
Ph.D., Hispanic Language and Literatures (Twentieth Century Peninsular), Stony Brook University
M.A., Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Stony Brook University
B.A., Media Studies (Journalism), Universidad de Sevilla
e-mail: rzt1@psu.edu
Phone: 610-396-6408
Office: 314 Gaige Building
Profile:
Dr. Rosario Torres is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Penn State Berks. Her research focuses on contemporary Spanish (Peninsular) Cultural Studies and Literature. She is interested in deconstructing traditional definitions of gender, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates both semiotic and ideological perspectives. Her research challenges codified representation conventions in contemporary Spanish mass media to suggest new ways of perceiving them and to propose better images as alternative. Consistent with this goal, her article Medios de deseo. Apuntes para el análisis de la representación femenina en la publicidad contemporánea. El caso español (Desiring Media. Methodological Suggestions for the Analysis of Women's Representation in Contemporary Advertising. The Specific Case of Spain), for instance, offers consideration a critical practice that manifests the circulation of meanings between advertising, ideology, and the audience that insists on complicating its discourse.
Most Recent Publications:
“Celebridades, relaciones personales y moda: El universo de las Hispanas/Latinas según las revistas dirigidas a ellas.” Rondas Literarias de Pittsburgh 2010. New Kensington: Grelin Press, 2011.
“Impronta del cine en los estereotipos publicitarios femeninos.” Burgos, Corazón de Castilla. Burgos: Fundación Instituto Castellano y Leonés de la Lengua, 2010.