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Ligia Bezerra is an Associate Professor in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe Campus. She holds a Ph.D. in Portuguese with a minor in Cultural Studies from Indiana University, an M.A. in Portuguese from the University of New Mexico, and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Linguistics and Letras (Portuguese and English) from Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil.
Her research focuses on consumption, everyday life under neoliberalism, democracy, and contemporary Latin American fiction, with a particular emphasis on Brazilian literature and culture. She is the author of *Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction* (Purdue University Press, 2022), which examines how commodities intersect with identity, prosperity theology, and societal norms in modern Brazil. Her current research explores Brazilian Popular Music as a form of resistance against anti-democratic forces.
Bezerra teaches courses on Portuguese and Spanish language, Lusophone literature, and Brazilian culture, including special topics in transatlantic studies and Brazilian society through music. She is affiliated with the Lusophone Popular Music Research Group and has published in journals such as *Chasqui*, *Journal of Lusophone Studies*, and *Cultural Studies*.
Her teaching and research emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to language, culture, and social justice, with a commitment to fostering critical engagement with global literary and cultural texts.
