Małgorzata Martynuska Ph.D.

dr Małgorzata Martynuska
assistant professor
e-mail: mmart@ur.edu.pl

Department: Literary and Cultural Studies

PhD: Jagiellonian University
MA: American Studies Center of Warsaw University

Research area:   Cultural Hybridity of US Latina/os, Acculturation Patterns,

Hybrid Identities, Transculturation,

Ethnic Representations in American Media

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

 

  1. „Imigrantki w społeczeństwie amerykańskim: porównanie przypadku irlandzkiego i włoskiego, 1880-1930” (2012), Rzeszów: UR Publishing House.
  2. Grzegorz A. Kleparski, Małgorzata Martynuska and Anna Dziama (2010) “The Highlights of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Language. A College and University Guide”, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House.

 

Book Chapters:

 

  1. “Ethnic Conflicts in Urban Landscape. Irish-American Representations in the Gangster Film Genre of 1990-2010” (2015) [in:] Racial and Ethnic Identities in the Media: The Politics of Representation, (eds) Eleftheria Arapoglou, Yiorgos Kalogeras, and Jopi Nyman, New York: Palgrave Macmillan's. Film, Culture, and Media Studies Series (in print).
  2. “Destabilizing Ethnic Stereotypes in American Mainstream TV: Latino/a Representations in Ugly Betty” (2015) [in:] From Theory to Practice 2013: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Anglophone Studies. Book Series: Zlin Proceedings in Humanities, Vol.5, (eds) Roman Trušnik, Gregory Jason Bell and Katarina Nemcokova, Zlin, Czech Republic: Thomas Bata University in Zlin, pp. 265-272.
  3. “Consuming Latinidad: Mexican Foodways in Maria Ripoll's Tortilla Soup (2001)” (2014) [in:] Eating America: Crisis, Sustenance, Sustainability, (eds) Justyna Kociatkiewicz, Laura Suchostawska, and Dominika Ferens, Germany: Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, pp. 229-236.
  4. “Showing Faith: Irish and Italian Catholics in American Film” (2014) The Subcarpathian Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture. Volume 2. Literature and Culture, (eds) M. Martynuska, B. Niedziela, E. Rokosz-Piejko, Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo UR, pp. 153-165.
  5. “Masking of Identities: The Portrait of Femme Fatale in the American Film Noir” (2013) [in:] Narrating American Gender and Ethnic Identities, (eds) Aleksandra M. Różalska and Grażyna Żygadło, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 45-56.
  6. “From The Godfather to The Sopranos: Italian-Americans in the Gangster Film Genre” (2012) [in:] Language, Literature and Culture in a Changing Transatlantic World II. (Part I: Linguistics, Translation and Cultural Studies), (eds) Milan Ferencik and Klaudia Bednarova-Gibova, Presov: Filozoficka fakulta Presovskej univerzity, pp. 358-372.
  7. ”Detective’s Portrayal in John Huston’s Maltese Falcon and Howard Hawks’ The Big Sleep” (2012) [in:] From Page to Screen, (eds) A. Kallaus and S. Kozioł, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 98-118.
  8. Grzegorz A. Kleparski and Małgorzata Martynuska (2009), “Femme Fatale: on her cultural and conceptual portrayal in American film noir genre” [in:] Galicia Studies in Language, Historical Semantics Brought to the Fore, (eds) M. Górecka-Smolińska, G. A. Kleparski and A. Włodarczyk-Stachurska, Chełm: TAWA, pp. 45-56.

 

Articles:

  1. “Hyphenated Identity of Irish-Americans in Gangster Film Genre” [in:] Journal of Foreign Languages, Cultures and Civilizations, December 2015, Vol. 3, No 2, New York, pp. 1-9.
  2. “Incorporating Mexicanness into American Culture: the Case of Mariachi” [in:] Ostrava Journal of English Philology, 2015, No 1, Ostrava, Czech Republic, pp. 33-41.
  3. “Latino Identity: the Case of Mexican Americans” [in:] Lingaya’s International Refereed Journal of English Language & Literature (LIRJELL), January-February 2015, Vol. 2, Issue 1, ISSN: 2348-1617, Faridabad, India, pp. 17-21.

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  1. ”Border Crossings in Gregory Nava’s El Norte (1983) and Mi Familia (1995)” [in:] Sociology Study, 2014 February, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Serial Nr 33, ISSN 2159-5526, New York: David Publishing Company, pp.150-156.
  2. The portrayal of law enforcement figures in the American detective and police film genre “ (2011) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia (Literary and Cultural Studies) Vol. 8, (eds) O. Weretiuk, D. Osuchowska, S. Kozioł, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 93-110.
  3. “The Western Genre as a Metaphor of the American Society” (2009) [in:] In Medias Res, Vol.1, (ed.) G. A. Kleparski, Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo Promar – International, pp. 171-178.
  4. “Evolution of western genre resulting from social changes in the USA” (2009) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia (Literary and Cultural Studies) Volume 6, (eds) E. Rokosz-Piejko, O. Weretiuk, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 59-67.
  5. “The Portrayal of Femme Fatale in the American film noir”(2009)[in:] Galicia English Teachings. Old Pitfalls, Changing Attitudes and New Vistas, (eds) G. A. Kleparski, E. Rokosz-Piejko and A. Uberman, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 226-234.
  6. ”Irlandki w kraju i na emigracji – rola kobiety w rodzinie imigrantów irlandzkich w USA (1880-1930)” (2009) [in:] Pogranicze kulturowe, (eds) O. Weretiuk, G. Jaśkiewicz, J. Wolski, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House – Biblioteka „Frazy”, pp. 426-433.
  7. ”Redefining the American Dream: from John de Crèvecoeur to Jim Jarmusch” (2008) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia Vol. 5, (ed.) Grzegorz A. Kleparski, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 177-187.
  8. Grzegorz A. Kleparski i Małgorzata Martynuska “The Picture of Police Officer as Emerging from Road Movies and Road Lingo” (2008) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia Vol. 5, (ed.) Grzegorz A. Kleparski, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 68-83.
  9. ”American Myths about Freedom Presented in Road Films” [in:] Language, Literature, Culture and Beyond (2008), (eds) R. Kiełtyka, D. Osuchowska, E. Rokosz-Piejko, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 261-267.
  10. ”The Disintegration of The American Dream as Seen in the Films of Jim Jarmusch”(2008) [in:] Galicia Studies in Language, Literature and Culture, (eds) Grzegorza A. Kleparski and Agnieszka Uberman. Chełm: TAWA, pp. 133-138.
  11. ”The Portrait of Irish immigrant women in the United States, 1880-1930” (2003) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia 2, (ed.) Grzegorz A. Kleparski. Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 143-150.
  12. Grzegorz A. Kleparski i Małgorzata Martynuska ”Political Correctness and Bequemlichkeitstrieb” (2002) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia 1, (ed.) Grzegorz A. Kleparski. Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 47- 51.
  13. ”The First Nations in Canada: Political and Trade Relations amongst the Iroquois, Huron and Algonquin in the 17th Century” (2002) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia 1, (ed.) Grzegorz A. Kleparski. Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 130-139.
  14. ”Gender-Neutral English - Politically Correct Language in the U.S.” (2001) [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia 2, (ed.) Grzegorz A. Kleparski. Rzeszów: Wydawnictwo WSP, pp. 64-70.
  15. ”The 18th Century Involvements of Iroquois Indians with British and French Colonists” (2001) [in:] Ad Americam 2, (ed.) Andrzej A. Mania. Cracow: Jagiellonian University Press, pp. 59-64.

 

Reviews:

 

  1. Review Screening Difference: How Hollywood’s Blockbuster Films Imagine Race, Ethnicity, and Culture, Jaap Van Ginneken, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007, ISBN-10:0-7425-5584-4, [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia Vol. 10, 2013, (eds) G. Kleparski, A. Uberman, M. Pikor-Niedziałek, A. Kallaus, S. Kozioł, UR Publishing House, pp. 153-157.
  2. Review Fifty Things You Need to Know about British History, Hugh Williams, UK: HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN- 978-0-00-731390-7, [in:] Studia Anglica Resoviensia (Literary and Cultural Studies) Vol. 7, 2010, (eds) M. Martynuska, O. Weretiuk, Rzeszów: UR Publishing House, pp. 77-83.

 

Conference Participation:

 

  1. Revolution, Evolution and Endurance in the English Language and Anglophone Literature and Culture, Rzeszów , 12-13 XI 2015. Presentation: “Transculturality Exemplified by the Evolution of Salsa Dance in the USA”.
  2. Kuchnia i Stół w Komunikacji Społecznej, Tekst, Dyskurs, Kultura, Wrocław, 15-17.10.2015. Presentation: „Transculturation on the Example of Tex-Mex Cuisine”.
  3. Harbors. Flows and Migrations of Peoples, Cultures, and Ideas. The U.S.A. in/and the World, 23rd AISNA Biennial Conference. Universita degli Studi Napoli “L’Orientale”, Italy, 24-26 September 2015. Panel coordinator: Harboring Ethnic Cultures and Forming Hybrid Identities in the USA. Presentation: “The USA as a harbor for Mexicanness: the Case of Mariachi.”
  4. A View from Elsewhere, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, 20-22 VI 2014. Presentation: “The Exotic Other: Representations of Latina Tropicalism in U.S. Popular Culture”.
  5. Crossing Boundaries in a Post-Ethnic Era – Interdisciplinary Approaches and Negotiations, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, 29V-1VI 2014. Presentation: “Border Crossings in Gregory Nava’s El Norte (1983) and Mi Familia (1995)”.
  6. 59th British Association for American Studies Conference, University of Birmingham, 10-13 IV 2014. Presentation: “Hybridization of Mexican-American Cuisine and Identity Examined Through Foodways in Maria Ripoll’s Tortilla Soup”.
  7. Eating America. Crisis, Sustenance, Sustainability. PAAS 2013, Wrocław, 23-25 X 2013. Presentation: “Consuming Latinidad: Mexican Foodways in Tortilla Soup”.
  8. From Theory to Practice, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic, 5-6 September 2013. Presentation: “Destabilizing Ethnic Stereotypes in the American Mainstream TV World: Latino/a Representations in Ugly Betty”.
  9. Third Anglistentag in Rzeszów. The Subcarpathian Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture. Rzeszów, 22-23 April 2013. Presentation: “Showing Faith: Irish and Italian Catholics in American Film”.
  10. Language, Literature and Culture in a Changing Transatlantic World, University of Presov, Slovakia, October 2012. Presentation: “From Southern Italy to Urban America: Ethnic Representations of the Italians in American Crime Films”;
  11. Representations of Ireland, Budapest (Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church), Hungary, August 2012. Presentation: “The Irish-Americans in the Gangster film Genre”;
  12. Media and Mediated Performances of Ethnicity (MESEA), Barcelona, June 2012. Presentation: “Ethnic Representations of the Irish in American Crime Films of 1990-2010”;
  13. American Experience – the Experience of America, Gdańsk, 19-21 October 2011. Presentation: “Detecting Experience – The Investigating Figures in the American Detective and Police Film Genre”.
  14. American Diversity: Identities, Narratives, Politics, Łódź, 20-23 October 2010. Presentation: “Masking of Identities: the Portrait of Femme Fatale in the American Film Noir”;
  15. James Bond & Co: spies, espionage and thrillers in cultural context, Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia, 21-22 May 2010. Presentation: “The Portrait of Spy – Noir Femme Fatale in the American Cinema”;
  16. PAAS 2009, Puławy. Presentation: “The Western Film Genre a an Expression of American Values”;
  17. Galicia English Teachings: Old Pitfalls, Changing Attitudes and New Vistas, 9-10 March 2009. Presentation “The Portrayal of Femme Fatale in American Film Noir”;
  18. The Past in the Present: the American Uses of History, Warsaw, 22-24 October 2008. Presentation: “Redefining the American Dream - A History of an Idea Which Shaped the Nation”;
  19. Dialog Pogranicza Kulturowego, Rzeszów, 8-9 October 2008. Presentation: “Irlandki w kraju i na emigracji - rola kobiety w rodzinie imigrantów irlandzkich w USA, 1880-1910”;
  20. Language, Literature, Culture and Beyond, Rzeszów, 22-23 October 2007. Presentation “American myths about freedom presented in road films”;
  21. American Portraits, Puławy, 11-13 November 2001. Presentation: ”Portrait of Irish Immigrant Women in the United States of America”;

 

Editorial work:

 

  • Co-editor of The Subcarpathian Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture. Volume 2. Literature and Culture, (eds) M. Martynuska, B. Niedziela, E. Rokosz-Piejko, Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2014).
  • Co-editor of Studia Anglica Resoviensia Volume 11, (eds) G.A. Kleparski, B. Duda, M. Dick-Bursztyn, M. Martynuska, E. Rokosz-Piejko, Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2014).
  • Co-editor of Galicia Studies in Linguistics, Literature and Culture. The Students’ Voices 2, (eds) Grzegorz A. Kleparski,B. Kopecka, M. Martynuska, E. Rokosz-Piejko, University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2014).
  • Co-editor of Galicia Studies in Linguistics, Literature and Culture. The Students’ Voices, (eds) Grzegorz A. Kleparski, M. Martynuska, E. Rokosz-Piejko, University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2013).
  • Co-editor of Studia Anglica Resoviensia Volume 9, (eds) G.A. Kleparski, B. Kochman-Haładyj, M. Martynuska, Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2012).
  • Co-editor of Studia Anglica Resoviensia (Literary and Cultural Studies) Volume 7, (eds) M. Martynuska, O. Weretiuk, Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2010).
  • Editorial Assistant Studia Anglica Resoviensia (Literary and Cultural Studies) Volume 6, (eds) E. Rokosz-Piejko, O. Weretiuk, Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Publishing House (2009).

 

Membership:

 

  • Polish Association for American Studies (PAAS)
  • European Association for American Studies (EAAS)
  • The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas (MESEA)

 

Grants:

 

  1. Research grant: Clifford and Mary Corbridge Trust of Robinson College, Cambridge University. Research was conducted at the University of Leicester (30.07-13.08. 2012).
  2. Grant from American Embassy- conference titled: "American Popular Culture and Democracy" Palacky University in Olomouc (September 2003);
  3. Research grant at J.F. Kennedy Institute in Berlin (August 2001);

 

International Internship

Project UR – modernity and future of the region – project conducted at Texas State University in San Marcos (11.03.2013 – 22.03.2013).

 

Guest Lectures - Erasmus - LLP Programme:

 

  1. University of Presov, Slovakia, (November 2012).
  2. Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen, Kortrijk, Belgium, (November 2010);
  3. Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, (November 2009);

 

Current Courses: American Society, Culture of English-Speaking Countries, Civilization of Anglo-Saxon Countries, MA seminar, BA seminar.