Mercedes

Mercedes Carbayo-Abengózar is a Lecturer in Spanish within the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Maynooth University. She has published extensively on the relationship between gender and the nation focusing on Hispanic writers such as Carmen Martín Gaite, singers like Concha Piquer and Paquita la del Barrio and painters like Frida Kahlo and Maruja Mallo. Her current research interests include representations of women/mothers, marginalized mothers and the relationship between adoption and class. She is working on a project on the experiences of adoptive mothers and their representation in Spanish popular culture.