Article
Is the rectum (still) a grave? Death in Naty Menstrual’s Continuadísimo
McCarthy E (2026) Is the rectum (still) a grave? Death in Naty Menstrual’s Continuadísimo. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies.
About me
I joined Stirling as Senior Lecturer in Spanish & Latin American Studies in 2023 having previously worked in University of Glasgow and Queen's University Belfast.
My research explores genders, sexes and sexualities across the Spanish-speaking world, with a particular focus on Argentina.
I have previously taken on a range of administrative roles related to Quality Assurance, Examining, Learning and Teaching and PGRs. I am currently Programme Director for the MLitt Genders and Sexualities and MSc Genders and Sexualities.
I am an assistant editor for the Bulletin of Spanish Studies and the Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies.
My work as a researcher is driven by a preoccupation with marginalised voices and centres around questions of sexes, genders and sexualities. My publications to date cross visual and literary cultures, an approach that stems from my belief that artistic expression, whether in writing or through visual media, allows people to think through the ways in which society is organised and to question assumptions. I have worked extensively on the Borges siblings and have published a monograph dedicated to Norah Borges. At present, I am continuing my research related to women artists working in the Spanish-speaking world and am also currently working on a project on queer Argentine fiction.
I would be happy to supervise students in any of the following areas:
Gender & Sexuality Studies (including Queer Studies)
Visual Cultures (particularly women painters & Latin American cinema)
Latin American literature & culture (20th & 21st Centuries)
The historical avant-garde (Spain and Latin America)
Other Academic Activities
Associate Editor, Bulletin of Spanish Studies & Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/…urnalCode=cbhs20
Professional membership
Secretary, Society for Latin American Studies
Outputs (22)
Edited Book
Women, Religion and Culture in Spain and Latin America 1900-2000
(2023) Women, Religion and Culture in Spain and Latin America 1900-2000. Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures. Liverpool.
Article
Cruising queerness in Alejandro Modarelli’s “El amargo retiro de la Betty Boop”
McCarthy E (2022) Cruising queerness in Alejandro Modarelli’s “El amargo retiro de la Betty Boop”. Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana, 51 (2), pp. 183-202. https://chasquirll.org/chasqui-51-2-november-2022/
Article
McCarthy E (2022) Starring Ricardo Darín: National Identity and Masculinity in Films by Juan José Campanella and Pablo Trapero. Modern Languages Open, 1. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.390
Book Review
McCarthy E (2022) Tossounian, Cecilia (2020) La Joven Moderna in Interwar Argentina: Gender, Nation, and Popular Culture, University of Florida Press (Gainesville, FL), x + 173 pp hbk.. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 41 (1), pp. 187-189. https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13348
Authored Book
Norah Borges: A Smaller, More Perfect World
McCarthy E (2020) Norah Borges: A Smaller, More Perfect World. University of Wales Press.
Newspaper Article
McCarthy E (2020) Coronavirus: how artists in the Spanish-speaking world turn to religious imagery to help cope in a crisis. Coronavirus: how artists in the Spanish-speaking world turn to religious imagery to help cope in a crisis. 22.06.2020.
Other
Contingency Planning for International Placements (‘mobilities’)
McCarthy E (2020) Contingency Planning for International Placements (‘mobilities’). QAA. https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/guidance/contingency-planning-for-international-placements.pdf. https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/guidance/contingency-planning-for-international-placements.pdf
Book Chapter
Borges and the Argentine Avant-Garde
McCarthy E (2020) Borges and the Argentine Avant-Garde. In: Jorge Luis Borges in Context. Cambridge University Press, pp. 92-98. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108635981.013
Book Review
McCarthy E (2019) Review: LORI COLE, Surveying the Avant-Garde: Questions on Modernism, Art, and the Americas in Transatlantic Magazines. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2018. xiv + 240 pp.. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 96 (8), pp. 1343-1365. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753820.2019.1667628
Article
Images of the mujer moderna in the Works of Maruja Mallo and Norah Borges
McCarthy E (2018) Images of the mujer moderna in the Works of Maruja Mallo and Norah Borges. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 95 (5), pp. 455-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753820.2018.1497335
Book Review
McCarthy E (2018) Review: VINODH VENKATESH, New Maricón Cinema: Outing Latin American Film. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2016. 238 pp.. Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies, 2 (1), pp. 137-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/24741604.2018.1463763
Book Review
McCarthy E (2017) Review: CECILIA SOSA, Queering Acts of Mourning in the Aftermath of Argentina’s Dictatorship: The Performances of Blood. Woodbridge: Tamesis. 2014. xv + 190 pp.. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 94 (2), pp. 345-373. https://doi.org/10.1080/14753820.2017.1328823
Book Chapter
Flirting with Futurism: Norah Borges and the Avant-Garde
McCarthy E (2015) Flirting with Futurism: Norah Borges and the Avant-Garde. In: International Yearbook of Futurism Studies. De Gruyter, pp. 111-135.
Book Chapter
Norah Borges: el arte de la negociación
McCarthy E (2015) Norah Borges: el arte de la negociación. In: Modernidad y vanguardia: rutas de intercambio entre España y Latinoamérica (1920-1970). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, pp. 23-30.
Book Chapter
McCarthy E (2014) Evita. In: World Film Locations: Buenos Aires. Intellect Books, pp. 64-65.
Book Chapter
McCarthy E (2014) El bonaerense. In: World Film Locations: Buenos Aires. Intellect Books, pp. 92-93.
Article
Recuerdos de la prisión: The Politics of Being Norah Borges
McCarthy E (2013) Recuerdos de la prisión: The Politics of Being Norah Borges. Hispanic Research Journal, 14 (5), pp. 409-426. https://doi.org/10.1179/1468273713z.00000000058
Book Review
Review: A Companion to Spanish Women’s Studies, Xon de Ros and Geraldine Hazbun (eds) (2011)
McCarthy E (2013) Review: A Companion to Spanish Women’s Studies, Xon de Ros and Geraldine Hazbun (eds) (2011). International Journal of Iberian Studies, 26 (1), pp. 113-121. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijis.26.1-2.113_5
Book Review
Review: Secular Saints: Performing Frida Kahlo, Carlos Gardel, Eva Perón and Selena by Sarah Misemer
Eamon McCarthy (2012) Review: Secular Saints: Performing Frida Kahlo, Carlos Gardel, Eva Perón and Selena by Sarah Misemer. The Modern Language Review, 107 (2), p. 638. https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.107.2.0638
Book Review
Review: A Companion to Jorge Luis Borges by Steven Boldy
Eamon McCarthy (2012) Review: A Companion to Jorge Luis Borges by Steven Boldy. The Modern Language Review, 107 (1), p. 298. https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.107.1.0298
Article
McCarthy E (2009) El jardín de los Borges que se bifurcan: The Image of the Garden in the Early Work of Jorge Luis and Norah Borges. Romance Studies, 27 (1), pp. 30-44. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581509x398000
Teaching
I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and my teaching is broadly related to Spanish and Latin American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies.
I teach language and culture at all levels in the Spanish and Latin American Studies programme. I also contribute to team taught courses across both the Division and Faculty.