Elvira Aguilera – Beyond Postmemory Research Group

Department & University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Brief summary of research interests: Elvira Aguilera García is an FPI-funded doctoral candidate at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona’s Department of English and German Studies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English Studies and a master’s degree in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Granada. She is also in the final stages of completing her second postgraduate degree, the Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Women’s and Gender Studies (GEMMA). Her research analyses contemporary literary and cultural discourse through critical masculinities studies and affect theories, resulting in publications and conference presentations.

Selected publications:

2025. “(De)Constructing Masculinities in Sally Rooney’s Novel Normal People and TV Series Adaptation”. In Bollas, Angelos (Ed.) The Routledge Companion to Sally Rooney, Routledge.

2024. “Approaching Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities from Affective Pedagogies”. In Revelles-Benavente, Beatriz, and Sánchez-Espinosa, Adelina (Eds.) Feminist Literary and Filmic Cultures for Social Action. Gender Response-able Labs, Routledge.