Angela Rodriguez Mooney, Ph.D.

Contact

amooney4@twu.edu
940-898-2125
Language, Culture and Gender Studies
1315 N Bell Ave # 909 (CFO Building)
Denton, TX 76204

Website

Biography

Dr. Angela Rodriguez Mooney is an Assistant Professor, serving as the Spanish Coordinator and Advisor. She teaches a variety of Spanish language classes as well as courses on Literature and Film. Her research centers on the representations of race, gender, and social class in contemporary Luso-Hispanic cultural production. Her scholarly work has appeared in journals such as Hispania, The Journal of Lusophone Studies, The Latin American Literary Review, Spanish and Portuguese Review, and The Latin Americanist, among others. In 2022, she co-edited the bilingual collection Raízes: Brazilian Women Poets In Translation, published by Venas Abiertas. Currently, she is organizing an edition dedicated to new representations of trans* identities in Latin American cinema. Last but not least, Dr. Mooney is the proud mother to Andrés and Milton.

Education

Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
M.A., Romance Languages, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Graduate Certificate, Media Management, New York University, New York, New York
Graduate Certificate, Media Management, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
B.A., Artes e Comuncacao, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Expertise

• Teaching Spanish and Portuguese, employing diverse methodologies such as gamification, interactive activities, and culturally relevant materials to enhance language acquisition and student engagement.
• Developing innovative pedagogical strategies that foster a positive learning environment, emphasizing empathy, trust, and collaboration among students.
• Contemporary Latin American Literature and Film, focusing on critical analysis of texts and cinematic works while encouraging students to explore themes of identity, culture, and social justice.
• Representation of Women and Minorities in Film and Literature, fostering discussions about diversity and inclusivity in cultural productions.
• (Re)construction of National Identities and Post-Dictatorship Literature and Film in Latin America, exploring how historical contexts influence artistic expressions and societal reflections.

Latest Articles

Between Pain and Glory: Memory Disputes of the Brazilian Dictatorship in Retrato calado and O que é isso, companheiro?.
The Coastal Review (2024)
Angela Mooney

Transgender Narratives in Brazilian Cinema: An Analysis of Trans Youth representation in Valentina and Alice Junior.
Luso-Brazilian Review (2024)
Angela Rodriguez Mooney

Los derechos de las mujeres en el gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro: entre la misoginia y la inoperancia
Revista Con La A (2022)
Angela Mooney

A ressignificação da corporeidade da mulher negra em Becos da Memória, de Conceição Evaristo
Veredas: Revista da Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas (2021)
Angela Mooney

Ela se faz presente: Construindo subjetividades em Um passaporte húngaro, Elena e Os dias com ele
Hispania (2021)
Angela Mooney

Deslocamento e reconfiguração de espaço no cinema brasileiro: o caso de Linha de passe e Que horas ela volta
Journal of Lusophone Studies (2020)
Angela Mooney

Construindo territorialidades além do beco / Constructing territorialities beyond the alley: reconfiguração do espaço-favela e de seus moradores no romance Becos da memória, de Conceição Evaristo
The Latin Americanist (2020)
Angela Mooney

Aproximações à transexualidade na literatura contemporânea brasileira: o caso de Deixei ele lá e vim, de Elvira Vigna.
Latin American Literary Review (2020)
Angela Mooney

Representação da guerrilheira na literatura contemporânea brasileira: um território de disputas, repetições e apagamentos
Olho d'Agua (2020)
Angela Mooney

Entre el horror y la renuncia: La sexualidad en cuatro cuentos de Borges
Miguilim - Revista Eletrônica do Netlli (2019)
Angela Mooney

A construção identitária da mulher indígena em Metade cara, metade máscara (2004), de Eliane Potiguara: estratégias narrativas na construção de uma voz
Spanish and Portuguese Review (2019)
Angela Mooney

Books

Raízes: Brazilian Women Poets in Translation.
Venas Abiertas Editora Popular (2022)
Angela Rodriguez Mooney, Cecilia Rodrigues, Cris Lira, Ligia Bezerra, Luana Reis

Chapters

'Vocês vieram conhecer o museu?': A memória em Bacurau como uma prática de resistência e novas representações
in Joyas escogidas Pequeñas (pero grandes) películas en español y en portugués | Editorial Dykinson (2021)
Angela Mooney

Não sou dono da terra, sou a terra: representação de povos indígenas em Como era gostoso o meu francês, Iracema, uma transa amazônica e Terra Vermelha
in Retextualização: educação, literatura e linguagem, | Clube de Autores Publications S/A (2019)
Angela Mooney

Perturbando a indiferença: memória e narrativa do trauma em Diário de Queda e Sinfonia em Branco
in Ecos (dialógicos) da ditadura no Brasil | Pimenta Cultural (2019)
Angela Mooney

Recent Presentations

Nem monstras, nem santas: Deslocamentos narrativos de personagens travestis e trans* na literatura e no cinema brasileiro. (Keynote Speaker)
VIII Congresso Internacional do PPG-Letras & XXV Seminário de Estudos Literários (2024)
Podium | Angela Mooney

O Ensino Superior na Texas Woman's University.
Encontro Pedagógico 2024-2: Pedagogical Meeting 2024-2: Focus on Higher Education (2024)
Podium | Angela Mooney

A (re)territorialização urbana e identidades marginalizadas: uma análise de Se eu fosse puta de Amara Moira.
XIV Congresso da Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas (AIL) (2024)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

New Epistemology of Dissident Bodies in Latin American Cinema.
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Conference (2024)
Paper | Angela Rodriguez Mooney

Trans Poetics and Defiance in Linn da Quebrada's Bixa Travesty
Latin American Studies Association Congress (LASA 2024) (2024)
Symposium Paper | Angela Rodriguez Mooney

The Impact of AI Technology Across Disciplines.
Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium, Texas Woman's University (2024)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

"Trans Joy Matters: Analyzing Trans Representation in Brazilian Cinema Through the Lens of Marcelo Gomes' Paloma."
Modern Language Association Convention (2024)
Symposium Paper | Angela Rodriguez Mooney

Experiences of Trans Characters in Latin America Cinema: Stories of Love and Resistance
Annual Southwestern Council of Latin American Studies Conference (SCOLAS) (2023)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Orgullo: Art and Poetry Night.
Jolt Action (2023)
Round Table | Angela Mooney

"Defying conventions: Representation of Trans Joy and Resilience in Madalena
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) (2023)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Desafiando las convenciones: representación de la alegría y resiliencia trans en el cine brasileño.
Congreso Internacional Historia, Literatura y Arte en el Cine en español y portugués (CIHALCEP) (2023)
Symposium Paper | Angela Rodriguez Mooney

Raízes: os desafios da tradução de poesia
American Portuguese Studies Association Conference (APSA) (2022)
Round Table | Angela Mooney

Narrativas de afeto e resistência: a representação de adolescentes trans em Valentina (2020) e Alice Júnior (2021)
American Portuguese Studies Association Conference (APSA) (2022)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Representación de personajes transgénero en la industria cinematográfica latinoamericana: el caso de Alice Junior, Una Mujer Fantástica, y Mía
Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) (2022)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Afro-Brazilian Movements For Justice and the Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil
Portuguese for Advanced Spanish Speakers (2021)
Podium | Angela Mooney

A violência como poética da justiça: uma análise das realidades distópicas e traumas fundacionais na trilogia O som ao redor (2012), Aquarius (2016) e Bacurau (2019), de Kleber Mendonça Filho
VI Congreso Internacional Historia, Literatura y Arte en el Cine en español y portugués – CIHALCEP2021, Universidad de Salamanca (2021)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Displacement in Adriana Lisboa's Azul Corvo
Latin American Women Writers and Fimmakers, Texas Woman's University (2020)
Podium | Angela Mooney

Mulherio das Letras, Estados Unidos: Quem somos
Segundo Encontro Mulherio das Letras Portugal (2020)
Round Table | Angela Mooney

A ressignificação da corporeidade da mulher negra em Becos da Memória, de Conceição Evaristo
66th annual conference of Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS). (2019)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Displacement in contemporary Brazilian women writers works: disrupting the canon
South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention (2019)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Constructing Territorialities Beyond the Alley
South Central Modern Language Association Conference (SCMLA) (2018)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Politics of representation in Conceição Evaristo's novels
American Portuguese Studies Association International Conference (APSA). University of Michigan (2018)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Deslocamento e reconfiguração de espaços no cinema brasileiro: o caso de Linha de Passe e Que hora ela volta
LAGO 2017: Knowledge and Power. Tulane University (2017)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Renegociando e influenciando significados: os corpos e as câmeras em Elena, Diário de uma busca e Um passaporte húngaro
LASA 2017 - XXXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (2017)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Woman out of place: Gender and Displacement in Deixei ele lá e vim
13th Women's Worlds & Fazendo Gênero 11: Transformations, Connections, Displacements. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2017)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Deslocamentos e percursos da memória em Mar Azul, de Paloma Vidal
South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference (SAMLA) (2017)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

Portugays: Representations of LGTBT Language and Culture in Contemporary Brazil
Tulane University (2016)
Round Table | Angela Mooney

Quando a chave de casa já não abre portas: processo de busca e constituição do eu em A chave de casa, de Tatiana Salem Levy a partir do dito e do não-dito sobre a ditadura no Brasil
LASA 2016 - International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (2016)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

A guerrilheira se olha no espelho: Valeu a pena? Um estudo comparativo sobre o olhar em direção ao passado em Que bom te ver viva e A memória que me contam de Lucia Murat
The Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) (2016)
Symposium Paper | Angela Mooney

La industrialización de la ciudad de São Paulo, Brasil
Introduction to Latin American Culture, Tulane University (2016)
Podium | Angela Mooney

Professional Affiliations

• American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• American Portuguese Studies Association
• Brazilian Studies Association
• Latin American Studies Association
• Modern Languages Association
• South Atlantic Modern Languages Association
• South Central Modern Language Association
• Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies
• The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
• The Southwest Council of Latin American Studies
• U.S. Chapter of the Lusophone Women's Collective

Honors & Awards

• Redbud Award Best Organization: Spanish Club, Texas Woman's University (2024)
• The Helen Delpar Award for article published at The Latin Americanist Journal in 2020, The Latin Americanist (2020)