Tufts University presents a talk by Leticia Alvarado, Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies at Brown University, on the topic "From Abject Performances to Aesthetics in Relation." Alvarado’ s interdisciplinary research is situated at the nexus of Latina/o/x, visual culture, and gender and sexuality studies. Her first book, "Abject Performances: Aesthetic Strategies in Latino Cultural Production" (Duke University Press, 2018), draws out the irreverent, disruptive aesthetic strategies used by Latino artists and cultural producers who shun standards of respectability,…