Category Archives: blog

What Elena Poniatowska and Ayotzinapa can tell us about subjectivity and violence

Posted on June 25, 2019 by niamh

I have been writing about violence and subjectivity for my forthcoming monograph. This led me to reflect on the value placed on a life and how significant a fully realised representation is. It may seem obvious to say, but individual … Continue reading →

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Mediático – Dara and Ed’s (Not So) Great Big Adventure

Posted on May 30, 2015 by niamh

My recent contribution to Mediático, “Dara and Ed’s (Not so) Great Big Adventure”, reflects on Irish comedians, Dara O’Briain and Ed Byrne’s journey from Arizona to Panama City, which was recently broadcast on Irish and British terrestrial television. They follow a similar trail … Continue reading →

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Who is Elena Garro?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by niamh

Elena Garro (1916-1998) is a writer whose career has been over-shadowed by her tumultuous relationship with her one-time husband Octavio Paz. I wrote about her novel Los recuerdos del porvenir (first published in 1963 and translated into English by Ruth L. … Continue reading →

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A brief introduction to Jean Franco

Posted on February 13, 2014 by niamh

At the Latin American Studies Association last year in Washington I met Jean Franco. Born in Manchester, she was a pioneering scholar who has become one of the foremost cultural theorists in Latin American Studies. She has written on multiple … Continue reading →

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Screen Violence: A Conversation

Posted on February 10, 2014 by niamh

 The following conversation took play via Skype instant messaging on the 7th February 2014. This took place as a way of expanding on our blogs on screen violence. [09:42:41] Niamh: In your blog I was really interested in the shared … Continue reading →

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Screen Violence: A Reflection

Posted on February 7, 2014 by niamh

I recently blogged about how war photographs are used as a way of efficient storytelling in a Portuguese film (http://www.niamhthornton.net/death-on-film-how-far-can-you-go/). In response to that I had some interesting discussions on Twitter and a decision with Fiona Noble to write blog … Continue reading →

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Death on Film: How far can you go?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by niamh

I rarely blog about non-Mexican or non-Mexican-related films except when really moved to do so. I recently saw a film whose opening sequence has haunted and disturbed me and need to write down my thoughts. Capitães de Abril [April Captains] … Continue reading →

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Music, stars and racialised bodies

Posted on December 4, 2013 by niamh

Today, I am going to Maynooth to give a paper called “Who Made You the Centre of the Universe? Stardom and Racialized Bodies on the Borderland” to a group of Masters’ students and staff at the Hispanic studies department. The … Continue reading →

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The “War on Drugs” and its victims

Posted on October 21, 2013 by niamh

The “war on drugs” gets inverted commas because otherwise it becomes normalised and this phrase, burdened by a terrible history tainted by the blood of many, can be in danger of sounding neutral and even positive otherwise. It has largely … Continue reading →

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Remember Them Exhibition and 5TH E. ALLISON PEERS SYMPOSIUM. Remember Them: Artistic and Academic responses to Femicide in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Posted on October 2, 2013 by niamh

I have been wearing pink for a week. Often considered a weak colour, condemned as symbolic of the rigid gender binaries being fomented by the marketplace to sell consumer goods to young girls, when thinking about Juárez it means something … Continue reading →

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