Joe Straubhaar
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Grew up in Kuna, Idaho on a dairy farm. I was sort of shy in high school and even college, before going to Brazil with the foreign service. That experience changed a lot, including the shyness, which got me very interested in how cultures collide and hybridize. Along the way, I have been mostly interested in media, particularly the role they play in and between cultures. I have been interested in other countries and cultures for a long time, which took me first into the foreign service and then back into the academy. Writing and teaching have turned out to be a great life. |
| Interests | SCA martial arts (chivalric and rapier), walking dogs in the Austin Greenbelt, hiking, reading, SCA music, listening to music, lying in hammocks, travel across the U.S., international travel, Kerby queso, Mag Mud, Nutty Brown Cafe, SCA, hybridity theory, Brazil, Mexico, global media, medieval history, modern Viking poetesses, science fiction in various media |
| Favorite movies | Smiles of a Summer Night, Bye, Bye Brazil, Philadelphia Story, Groundhog Day, Grosse Point Blank, Aguirre the Wrath of God |
| Favorite music | Grateful Dead, Cowboy Junkies, Neil Young, Stanley Brothers, Wailers, Olodum, Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jefferson Airplane, Chico Buarque, Carter Family, Neko Case |
| Favorite books | William Gibson (all), Shadow/Claw, Sword/Citadel (Gene Wolfe), Lord of Light, Amber books, Harry Turtledove (most), Narnia books, Lord of the Rings, Os Sertões, Nestor Garcia Canclini (most), 1632 books |
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