Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture Bestows Honor on Book by Rutgers–Camden Scholar

December 31, 2007

CONTACT: Cathy Donovan, Rutgers-Camden communications office, (856) 225-6627, catkarm@camden.rutgers.edu

For Immediate Release

CAMDEN – The Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture has bestowed honors upon a book by a Rutgers University—Camden scholar that addresses stylistic innovations by 19th century Uruguayan writers.

“La degeneracion del 1900. Modelos esteticos-sexuales” by Carla Giaudrone, an assistant professor of Spanish at Rutgers-Camden, received an honorary mention during the Uruguayan government’s Annual Literary Awards ceremony recognizing books published during 2006-07. Giaudrone’s book analyzes the work of Uruguayan writers born between 1871 and 1886 and addresses literary innovations in representations of the self.

“The book examines several poignant questions within the socio-political context in which these new representations of self became visible, placing special emphasis on feminine and homoerotic constructions of desire,” says Giaudrone, a Uruguay native who studied at the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay, where her scholarly pursuit of Uruguayan writers began.

Published by Trilce Editores, Giaudrone’s book shares the honorary mention with Gustavo San Román’s book “José Alonso y Trelles. Obras Completas.” The award selection was based on the evaluations received from a five-member panel of judges from Uruguay’s Universidad de la Republica and the Ministry of Education and Culture.

A graduate of New York University, Giaudrone is drafting the book “Narratives of the Centennial Celebrations of Spanish American Independence (1910-1930).” The Rutgers-Camden scholar also researches Postcolonial theory, Latin American modernism, feminist theory, and gender studies. She directs the Latin American Studies Program at Rutgers-Camden.

Giaudrone resides in Philadelphia.

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