Naomi Lindstrom

Naomi Lindstrom (born November 21, 1950, Chicago) is an American literary critic who has published books and articles on Latin American narrative and Jewish writing from Latin America.

Background

Lindstrom studied at the University of Chicago and is a Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature and a member of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Lindstrom is the daughter of the noted sociologist Frederick B. Lindstrom (1915–1998), best known as a student of popular culture and historian of the Chicago school (sociology) , and the two collaborated and co-authored conference papers and articles.^[1]

Career

Elements of sociological thought influence Naomi Lindstrom's literary criticism, especially her 1989 book Jewish Issues in Argentine Literature and her 1998 study The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing. Since 1996, as part of her work with the Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA), Lindstrom has managed lajsa-list, a listserv on Latin American Jewish topics; the URL is [e-mail]. She is the content manager of the website of LAJSA, which features research bibliographies for Latin American Jewish Studies and a continually updated registry of dissertations and theses, both completed and in progress, on Latin American Jewish topics. The site also has a page of resources for teaching courses in both Sephardic Studies and Latin American Jewish Studies. Hosted at the University of Texas at Austin, the LAJSA site has the URL www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/lajsa/^[2]

Selected works

• Lindstrom, Naomi. Early Spanish American Narrative. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
• Lindstrom, Naomi. The Social Conscience of Latin American Writing. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998.
• Lindstrom, Naomi. Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994.
• Lindstrom, Naomi. Jewish Issues in Argentine Literature: From Gerchunoff to Szichman. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1989.

References

1. ^ Office of Public Affairs (The University of Texas at Austin) (
2. ^ Naomi Lindstrom, Professor (The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work) [1]

External links

• Latin American Jewish Studies Association

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