Biography
Dr. Rosario Torres is an associate professor of Spanish at Penn State Berks. Her research focuses on contemporary Spanish (peninsular) cultural studies and literature.
She is interested in deconstructing traditional definitions of gender, adopting an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates both semiotic and ideological perspectives. Her research challenges codified representation conventions in contemporary Spanish mass media to suggest new ways of perceiving them and to propose better images as alternative.
Her book Advertising Representation of Women in Spanish Fashion and Beauty Magazines (Representación publicitaria de la mujer en la prensa de alta gama española. Madrid, Editorial Pliegos, 2020) examines visual portrayals of women in advertisements appearing in Spanish women's magazines and it also identifies the ten most commonly perpetuated stereotypes.
Publications
Recent Research
Torres, Rosario. "Modi operandi publicitarios. Persuasión publicitaria del siglo XIX a la Tercera Era de la Globalización". La comunicación ante el reto de las Inteligencias Artificiales. Innovación, investigación y transferencias. Ed. Rosalba Mancinas Chávez. Madrid: Dykinson S.L., 2024. Online.
Torres, Rosario. Representación publicitaria de la mujer en la prensa de alta gama española (Advertising Representation of Women in Spanish Fashion and Beauty Magazines.) Madrid: Editorial Pliegos, 2020. Print.
Recent Fiction
Torres, Rosario. "Aparentemente impredecible." Revista Literaria Liriel, 3 Vol. I. 2024. http://www.calameo.com/books/0074846008c3e78045c20
Education
Ph.D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures (Twentieth Century Peninsular), Stony Brook University
M.A., Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Stony Brook University
B.A., Media Studies (Journalism), Universidad de Sevilla