Department of English
Dr. Sergio Rizzo
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Sergio Rizzo teaches Advanced Composition, World Literature, and Literary Theory. His research interests include the relationship between literature and popular film, cultural studies, and postmodernism. Most recently, he has written on the ability of cell phones to mobilize their users as citizens and consumers. Current projects include using the Web to advance visual literacy within the classroom and researching representations of illegal drugs in film and U.S. drug policies.
B.A. in English Literature, U.C. Berkeley (1986)
Selected Publications “‘Hystorical’ Puritanism: Contemporary Cinematic Adaptations of Nathaniel Hawthorn’s The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.” Classics in Film and Fiction, edited by Deborah Cartmell, I.Q. Hunter, Heidi Kaye, and Imelda Whelehan. London: Pluto Press, 2000. 93-115. “The Promise of Cell Phones: From People Power to Technological Nanny.” Forthcoming in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media (2008). “Adaptation and the Art of Survival.” Adapt 10.2 (May 2007) in M/C: A Journal of Media Culturehttp://journal.media-culture.org.au/0705/02-rizzo.php. “Why Less is Still Moore: Celebrity and the Reactive Politics of Fahrenheit 9/11.” Film Quarterly 59.2 (Winter 2005-6): 32-9. “Remembering Race: Extra-Poetical Contexts and the Racial Other in ‘The Red
Wheelbarrow.’” Journal of Modern Literature 29.1 (Fall 2005): 34-54. “Learning from Las Vegas: Hollywood Narrates the Simulacrum.” Popular Culture Review 16.2 (Summer 2005): 131-43. “‘Show Me the Money!’: The Ideological Evolution of Monetary Form.” Text 7.1 (Jan.
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