Nadia V. Celis Salgado

Nadia V. Celis Salgado is an Associate Professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies at Bowdoin College (USA). She received her PhD in Literature from Rutgers University, where she also specialized in Gender and Women’s Studies. Her research explores embodiment, subjectivity, and intimacy in Hispanic Caribbean literature and popular culture. Her publications include articles on authors such as Marvel Moreno, Fanny Buitrago, and Gabriel García Márquez, essays on dance and performance, and articles in media such as Huffington Post España, Doppio Zero (Italy), and El Tiempo (Colombia). Celis co-edited the collection Mayra Santos-Febres y el Caribe contemporáneo (2011). Her book La rebelión de las niñas: El Caribe y la “conciencia corporal” (2015) received the Nicolás Guillén Award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association and an Honorable Mention for the Premio Iberoamericano from LASA. Her current book-project focuses on García Márquez’s deployment of love to examine the relation between intimate violence and social power.