José Dominicci-Buzó, Ph.D.
José Dominicci-Buzó, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
dominij@wfu.edu
336-758-5677
Medieval and Early Modern Literature & Theater, Cultural Representation of the Female Body and Marginalized Communities in Art and Cinema, Mikhail Bakhtin and Carnivalesque Theory, Gender, Feminist and Queer Contemporary Theory
José Dominicci-Buzó (Ph.D. Boston University 2023) has a profound interest in the Spanish and Italian Renaissance. He focuses specifically on poetry and burlesque prose related to the brothel environment and the portrayal of the female image within the picaresque genre. He has published several articles including a study on the poem “Carajicomedia” (Hipogrifo), the writings of the Spanish author Francisco Delicado (SIBA), and the Italian writer Pietro Aretino (Acta Philologica).
Currently working on his forthcoming monograph titled Eros in Carnival: Brothel Literature in the Early Modern Spain and Italy, his study delves into the linguistically and culturally diverse rhetorical traditions of the medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean. This work contrasts the representation of the ‘buona donna rinacimentale’ (good woman) with that of the courtesan, providing valuable insights into societal norms and attitudes of the time. His most recent project explores the iconography of the Afro-Caribbean and transsexual courtesan within the context of the mythologically monstrous, as depicted in the literature of contemporary authors such as Camila Sosa (Argentina) and Mayra Santos-Febres (Puerto Rico).
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