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Ericka Beckman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts & Sciences. Her research explores intersections between economics and literary form in Latin American literature.
- Education: PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University (2005)
Her research focuses on capitalist modernity and rural transitions in 19th- and 20th-century Latin America. She examines how literature engages with economic transformations, dependency theory, and colonial legacies. Her work bridges literary theory, Marxism, and cultural studies.
Key article themes include economic globalization in 19th-century Latin America, agrarian transitions in fiction, and critical analyses of capitalism’s cultural impacts. She has published extensively on topics like racial capitalism, indigenous labor, and financial narratives.
Beckman’s academic contributions include co-editing the Modern Fiction Studies special issue on Peripheral Literatures and the History of Capitalism (2022). Her book Capital Fictions (2013) analyzes literature’s role in economic transitions.
