Cynthia Margarita Tompkins specializes in contemporary Latin American cultural production, especially film and literature, as well as in literary theory, and aesthetics. Tompkins' interdisciplinary publications Experimental Latin American Cinema: History and Aesthetics (U of Texas P, 2013, 294 pp), and Latin American Postmodernisms: Women Writers and Experimentation (UP of Florida: Gainesville, Florida, 2006. 226 pp.), underscore her interest in theory and aesthetics. Her latest book Affectual Erasure: Representations of Indigenous Peoples in Argentine Cinema (State University of New York Press, 2018, 357 pp.) alternates film analysis, contextualized with background on the different Indigenous cultures with chapters on the history of Argentine cinema, and closes by examining issues of land sovereignty. In addition to publishing a number of book chapters and articles in the most respected refereed journals, Tompkins has co-edited five books and co-translated two. Since 2007 she co-edits Imagofagia, the Journal of the Argentine Association of Film and Media Studies (ASAECA), and since December, 2020 Tompkins is the editor of Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana. Tompkins serves as Spanish Graduate Advisor, she directs the undergraduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, the undergraduate Certificate in Spanish Translation, and a summer study abroad program in Buenos Aires. She is currently working on a book on Poetic Film.
Latin American Film, Latin American Women Writers, Latin American Cultural Production, Contemporary Critical Discourse.
Books
Articles in Refereed Journals
Forthcoming Book
Tompkins, et al---. Ed. Diez Miradas sobre Cine y Audiovisual: Volumen Aniversario de la Revista Imagofagia. Buenos Aires: Editorial de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2016.
Edited Collections and Signed Encyclopedia Contributions note*=refereed
Articles in Newsletters
“Postmodern approaches to negotiating religion in the classroom,” Feministas Unidas Newsletter 26.2 (Fall 2006): 33-51.
Edited Journal Issue
Translations
Summer 2022 | |
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SPA 472 | Latin Am Society:5 CaseStudies |
SPA 484 | Internship |
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SPA 520 | Preparing Professional Careers |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
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SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
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SPA 443 | Translation of Legal Texts |
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SPA 582 | Studies in Latin American Film |
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SPA 444 | Medical Translation |
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SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 486 | Medical Translation |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 494 | Special Topics |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
SPA 520 | Preparing Professional Careers |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 592 | Research |
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SLC 401 | Translation Theory & Practice |
SPA 440 | Translation Theory & Practice |
SPA 443 | Translation of Legal Texts |
THE 475 | Latin American Film |
SLC 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 485 | Translation of Legal Texts |
SPA 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 576 | Contemp Span Amer Short Story |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
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SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 692 | Research |
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SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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SPA 472 | Latin Am Society:5 CaseStudies |
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SPA 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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SLC 401 | Translation Theory & Practice |
SPA 440 | Translation Theory & Practice |
SLC 484 | Internship |
SPA 520 | Preparing Professional Careers |
SLC 545 | Concepts of Literary Criticism |
SPA 545 | Concepts of Literary Criticism |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 592 | Research |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 695 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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SLC 401 | Translation Theory & Practice |
SPA 443 | Translation of Legal Texts |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 484 | Internship |
CDE 484 | Internship |
SLC 485 | Translation of Legal Texts |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
SPA 494 | Special Topics |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 592 | Research |
SLC 593 | Applied Project |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 692 | Research |
SPA 695 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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SPA 111 | Fundamentals of Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 313 | Spanish Conversation and Comp |
SPA 314 | Spanish Conversation and Comp |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
SPA 394 | Special Topics |
SPA 412 | Adv Conversation/Composition |
SPA 428 | Found Texts Latin Am Lit Mod |
SPA 472 | Latin Am Society:5 CaseStudies |
SLC 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
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FMS 475 | Latin American Film |
SLC 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 484 | Internship |
SPA 520 | Preparing Professional Careers |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
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SPA 428 | Found Texts Latin Am Lit Mod |
SLC 484 | Internship |
CDE 484 | Internship |
SPA 493 | Honors Thesis |
SPA 553 | Latin Am Fem Film |
SPA 590 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 592 | Research |
SLC 593 | Applied Project |
SPA 595 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 599 | Thesis |
SPA 692 | Research |
SPA 695 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 784 | Internship |
SPA 790 | Reading and Conference |
SPA 792 | Research |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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SPA 111 | Fundamentals of Spanish |
SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish |
SPA 313 | Spanish Conversation and Comp |
SPA 314 | Spanish Conversation and Comp |
SPA 325 | Intro to Hispanic Literature |
SPA 394 | Special Topics |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
SPA 412 | Adv Conversation/Composition |
SPA 428 | Found Texts Latin Am Lit Mod |
SPA 472 | Latin Am Society:5 CaseStudies |
SLC 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SPA 795 | Continuing Registration |
SPA 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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SPA 394 | Special Topics |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
FMS 475 | Latin American Film |
SLC 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 475 | Latin American Film |
SPA 484 | Internship |
SLC 484 | Internship |
SLC 493 | Honors Thesis |
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SPA 427 | Colonial&Postcol Latin Am Lit |
SPA 582 | Studies in Latin American Film |
SLC 593 | Applied Project |