Dr Katie Brown

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Katie Brown teaches contemporary Spanish and Latin American culture at the University of Bristol. Her main research interest is the role of contemporary literature and visual culture in the creation, representation and questioning of identities, especially national, regional or supranational identities. This includes the study of translations and adaptations, and how these influence the ideas of one culture held by another. Katie holds a PhD on literature in Venezuela under the 'Bolivarian Revolution' from King's College London (2016). She is co-editor of Crude Words, an anthology of Venezuelan writing in English, for which she translated six stories.