David Akbar
Gilliam
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Office: McGaw 315m
Telephone: 773.325.4634
Email: dgilliam@depaul.edu
Areas of specialization:
The African Diaspora in Latin American literature and culture, Metaphor and metonymy in Afro-Hispanic narrative, The Fantastic and other themes in the Latin American short story Islam in the Americas, Islamic influence and representation in Don Quijote, Music as an expression of tri-ethnicity in the Americas
Selected publications:
- "Mother Africa and la abuela puertorriqueña: Francisco Arriví and Rosario Ferré Explore The Ambiguous Role of Race in the Puerto Rican Family Tradition," Afro-Hispanic Review 24.2 (2005).