Overview
Laura Caicedo is a fifth year doctoral candidate in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, with an emphasis on Latinx literature and culture, women of color feminism, and queer of color critique. Their dissertation is tentatively titled Memory’s Home; Spatiotemporal Imaginaries in Latinx Literature, which examines the function of memory and home as concepts within Latinx literature, while also using them as lenses to analyze the narratives crafted around different Latin American countries and immigrant groups. In their research, Laura considers how contemporary Colombian, Caribbean, and Latinx novelists take memory seriously as a vehicle through which to establish counternarratives that are often in tension with national and institutional forms of remembrance. Alongside literature, Laura also considers other narrative forms such as videogames while continuing their inquiries into home and memory. Their work has been published in the Latin American Literary Review.
Research Focus
- Latinx Literature and Culture
- Women of Color Feminisms
- Queer of Color Critique
- Cultural Studies