Alfred J. López
· ProfessorVerifiedPurdue University · English
Active 1993–2023
About
Alfred J. López is an Associate Dean for Undergraduate & International Programs and a Professor of English at Purdue University, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on Cuban and Cuban-American studies, Global South and postcolonial studies, as well as Latin American and Caribbean studies. López has made significant contributions through his publications, including books such as 'The Routledge Companion to Literature and the Global South,' 'A Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and his Afterlife,' and 'José Martí: A Revolutionary Life.' He has also edited critical volumes and authored numerous articles and translations that explore themes of postcolonialism, race, empire, and the cultural history of the Caribbean and Latin America.
Research topics
- Sociology
- History
- Political Science
- Social Science
- Media studies
- Law
- Linguistics
- Anthropology
- Geography
- Literature
- Gender studies
Selected publications
The Routledge Companion to Literature and the Global South
Routledge eBooks · 2023 · 1 citations
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Dressing for Success in Interdisciplinary Contexts; or, Martí and the Rediscovery of the New World
2022-07-28
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingThe Making of The Apostle; or, The Martí Wars
2022-07-28
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book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingA Posthumous History of José Martí
2022-07-28
book1st authorCorrespondingA Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and His Afterlife focuses on Martí’s posthumous legacy and his lasting influence on succeeding generations of Cubans on the island and abroad. Over 120 years after his death on a Cuban battlefield in 1895, Martí studies have long been the contested property of opposing sides in an ongoing ideological battle. Both the Cuban nation-state, which claims Martí as a crucial inspiration for its Marxist revolutionary government, and diasporic communities in the US who honor Martí as a figure of hope for the Cuban nation-in-exile, insist on the centrality of his words and image for their respective visions of Cuban nationhood. The book also explores more recent scholarship that has reassessed Martí’s literary, cultural, and ideological value, allowing us to read him beyond the Havana-Miami axis toward engagement with a broader historical and geographical tableau. Martí has thus begun to outgrow his mutually-reinforcing cults in Cuba and the diaspora, to assume his true significance as a hemispheric and global writer and thinker.
2022-07-28
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingWhat My Students Can Learn from José Martí
2022-07-28
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingCan The Apostle Speak? Possible Lessons for Latinx and Global South Studies
2022-07-28
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book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingAn Open Letter to President Obama about José Martí (April 4, 2016)
2022-07-28
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Frequent coauthors
- 2 shared
Robert P. Marzec
- 1 shared
Diana Chaviano
- 1 shared
David Moore
Stockport College
- 1 shared
Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo
- 1 shared
Alex Fuentes
- 1 shared
Ashok Kumar Mohapatra
Awards & honors
- Mellon Foundation Provost's Fellow for Academic Leadership (…
- Big Ten Academic Alliance, Academic Leadership Program Fello…
- Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, Department of English…
- School of Interdisciplinary Studies Excellence in Undergradu…
- Outstanding Faculty Member, Latino Cultural Center, Purdue U…
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