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Rebecca Atencio
Assistant Professor
Luso-Brazilian Literary and Cultural Studies
(504) 862-3401
Newcomb Hall 303 C
E-mail: ratencio@tulane.edu

Rebecca Atencio joined the Tulane faculty in 2009 as Assistant Professor of Luso-Brazilian Literary and Cultural Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Portuguese from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her main area of research is Brazil's post-dictatorial literary and cultural production. She is currently completing a book manuscript that examines a growing subset of contemporary Brazilian cultural works that contribute to national debates over the legacies oft he military dictatorship (1964-1985) and that intervene in the country's process of transitional justice (i.e. the redressing of past human rights crimes).  Recent and forthcoming publications include:

• "A Prime Time to Remember: Memory Merchandising in Globo's Anos Rebeldes."  Accounting for Violence: The Memory Market in Latin America. Eds. Ksenija Bilbija and Leigh Payne. Durham: Duke UP, 2011. 41-68. (awarded the Sturgis Leavitt Prize for Best Article 2011 by SECOLAS -- Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies).
• "Art and Transitional Justice."  The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Eds. Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky.  Forthcoming from Cambridge UP. (Co-authored with Nancy Gates-Madsen).
  

Professor Atencio created and currently oversees the blog Transitional Justice in Brazil.  She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Brazilian and Latin American literature, film, and cultural studies.