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Alexandra Hidalgo
Alexandra Hidalgo is a Venezuelan-American writer, filmmaker, editor and theorist. She is best known for her work on the documentaries ''Teta (film), Teta'' and ''Vanishing Borders'' and for her video book ''Cámara Retórica: A Feminist Filmmaking Methodology for Rhetoric and Composition''. Early life and education Alexandra was born in Caracas, Venezuela and immigrated to Dayton, Ohio at the age of sixteen. She holds a BA from the Honors Tutorial College, a MA in creative writing from Naropa University, and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University. Career Hidalgo is the Crow Chair and Associate Professor of English at University of Pittsburgh. Before moving to Pittsburgh, she was an associate professor at Michigan State University’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. She is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the digital peer-reviewed journal ''constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing place''. From 2010 to 2014, she was the ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa). The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-meter-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains. The Metropolitan Region of Caracas has an estimated population of almost 5 million inhabitants. The center of the city is still ''Catedral'', located near Bolívar Square, though some consider the center to be Plaza Venezuela, located in the Los Caobos area. Businesses in the city include service companies, banks, and malls. Caracas has a largely service-based economy, apart from some industrial activity in its metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
