Magdalena Altamirano
Professor
San Diego State University Imperial Valley
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
SDSU Imperial Valley
Areas of Expertise
Spanish medieval and early modern literature and culture, book history, manuscript studies, interaction of popular and learned cultures, material culture, Miguel de Cervantes’s works, practices of reading and writing, poetry, and transatlantic studies –the Iberian Peninsula and colonial Mexico. The modern Mexican ballad (corrido), poetry, lyrics, ballads.