Alicia gaspar de alba biography sample

          A native of the El Paso/Juárez border, Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a Chicana writer/scholar/activist who uses prose, poetry, and theory for social change.

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        2. Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a celebrated writer and scholar.
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        4. Gaspar de Alba was born in El Paso, Texas on July.
        5. Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a celebrated writer and scholar.

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          Alicia Gaspar de Alba

          American critic and writer

          Alicia Gaspar De Alba

          Gaspar de Alba at the 2023 Texas Book Festival

          Born (1958-07-29) July 29, 1958 (age 66)

          El Paso, Texas

          NationalityAmerican
          OccupationScholar
          Known forChicano/a Studies
          Notable workDesert Blood, Calligraphy of the Witch, Sor Juana's Second Dream
          SpouseAlma Lopez (married 2008-present)
          Websitealiciagaspardealba.net

          Alicia Gaspar de Alba is an American scholar, cultural critic, novelist, and poet whose works include historical novels and scholarly studies on Chicana/o art, culture and sexuality.[1]

          Biography

          Gaspar de Alba was born on July 29, 1958, in El Paso, Texas, near its border with Ciudad Juárez.[2] She received a bachelor's in 1980 and a master's in 1983 in English from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Ph.D.

          in American Studies in 1994 from the University of New Mexico.[3] She teaches classes on bord