Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Biographical Sketch: Julieta Flores Jurado earned a Doctoral Degree in English from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). As an adjunct professor at the BA Program in Modern Languages and Literatures at the same university, she has taught seminars on poetry, cultural studies, and the intersections of food and literary studies. Her doctoral research focuses on the representation of unruly bodies in Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry. Her research interests include women’s gastronomical writings, authorship theories, and poetry by women in Ireland and Great Britain. Recent publications include “What makes our mouths water: el cuerpo y la escritura gastronómica en Christmas Days de Jeanette Winterson”, “Pearls, diamonds and coins: fashioning the beloved’s body in Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry”, and the chapter “Food Memoirs and Coming-of-Age Stories: Memory and Maternal Kitchens in Gabrielle Hamilton’s Blood, Bones & Butter” in the forthcoming book Food in Memory and Imagination: Space, Place, and Taste.