Gilberto Blasini Caceres

  • Associate Professor, English

Education

  • PhD, Critical Studies in Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles
  • MA, Critical Studies in Film and Television, University of California, Los Angeles
  • BA, English Literature, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
ARTHIST 111-201 Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet No Meeting Pattern
COMPLIT 316-001 World Cinema: Global Road Movies MW 4pm-6:30pm
ENGLISH 111-201 Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet No Meeting Pattern
ENGLISH 316-001 World Cinema: Global Road Movies MW 4pm-6:30pm
FILMSTD 111-201 Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet No Meeting Pattern
FILMSTD 316-001 World Cinema: Global Road Movies MW 4pm-6:30pm

Research Interests

  • Road Movies (particularly in the U.S. and Latin America)
  • Caribbean Cinema
  • Post-1980 U.S. Television
  • Contemporary Puerto Rican Dance and Performance Art
  • Latin American/Latino Popular Cultures
  • Queer Cinema and Television
  • Post-1967 U.S. Cinema (Road Movies, Horror Films)
  • Contemporary Film Theory
  • Global Auteurs
  • Television Theory and Criticism

Related Activities

Selected Publications

Blasini, Gilberto M. “The Queer Mexican Cinema of Julián Hernández” Global Cinema Networks Ed. , and . New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark, New Jersey, and London: Rutgers University Press. (2018): 214 - 227.
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Recorriendo las Américas: Cars, Roads, and Latin American Cinema” The Latin American Road Movie Ed. Garabotto, Verónica , and Pérez, Jorge . Palgrave MacMillan. (2016): 97 - 120.
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Proyectando responsabilidades” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Coss, Manolo, Lugo, Rígel, Cintrón, Joel, Minet, Carla, and Muñiz, Benjamín. (2013).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Cine de una noche de verano (pos-1975)” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Coss, Manolo, Lugo, Rígel, Cintrón, Joel, Minet, Carla, and Muñiz, Benjamín. (2013).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Una graduación de otro color” School of Communications, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Angleró, Mariana R., Lugo, Rígel, Cruz, Gabriela, Minet, Carla, and Coss, Luis F. (2013).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Soltería recalcitrante” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Angleró, Mariana R., Lugo, Rígel, Cruz, Gabriela, Minet, Carla, and Coss, Luis F. (2013).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Cartografías del terror fílmico latinoamericano” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Angleró, Mariana R., Lugo, Rígel, Cruz, Gabriela, Minet, Carla, and Coss, Luis F. (2013).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “NO, la alegría ya viene” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Angleró, Mariana R., Lugo, Rígel, Cruz, Gabriela, Minet, Carla, and Coss, Luis F. (2013).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “Releyendo a Fanon” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Fernando Coss, Luis, Rodríguez Saavedra, Dalila, Guadalupe Pérez, Hiram, Rodríguez Cotto, Sandra, Coss, Manolo, and Roche Morales, Mario. (2012).
Blasini, Gilberto M. “'Biutiful' o las encrucijadas de lo emotivo y lo político” School of Communication, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Ed. Fernando Coss, Luis, Rodríguez Saavedra, Dalila, Guadalupe Pérez, Hiram, Rodríguez Cotto, Sandra, Coss, Manolo, and Roche Morales, Mario. (2011).

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