Performing Identities and Utopias of Belonging

Teresa Botelho teaches American Studies at the NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Op.Cit., the Journal of the Portuguese Association of English and American Studies. Her research interests focus on identity and performativity in artistic and literary American expressions, and on utopian and dystopian narratives and their relationship with race and ethnicity. She has written extensively on Asian American and African American literature, theatre and art.Iolanda Ramos teaches English Studies, Cultural Studies and Translation Studies at the NOVA University of Lisbon. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Spaces of Utopia: An Electronic Journal, and has published numerous essays on Victorian studies and Neo-Victorianism within the framework of utopian studies, as well as on intercultural, visual, gender and imperial issues.