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By
Ralph
Derickson
Niebylski
has a doctorate in comparative literature from Brandeis
University. She has published widely on Latin American
narrative and poetry. She is currently the director
of Graduate Studies for the UK program in Hispanic
studies.
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Lexington,
Ky. (Oct. 21, 2002) --
Dianna Niebylski, associate professor of Latin
American literature in the University of Kentucky's
Latin American Studies and Social Theory program,
will present a lecture based on material from her
upcoming book, "Humoring Resistance: Laughter,
Bodies, Excess in Latin American Women's Fiction,"
at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in 206 Student Center.
The lecture is part of the University of Kentucky
Women's Studies Colloquium Series.
Niebylski has a doctorate in comparative literature
from Brandeis University. She has published widely
on Latin American narrative and poetry. She is currently
the director of Graduate Studies for the UK program
in Hispanic studies.
Her lecture will be on the subject of women's bodies
and women's comic voices (and not so comic silences)
in theories of Western humor.
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