From early childhood I knew that the two things I wanted to do were literature and film. My Ph.D. is in comparative literature and my dissertation, which Duke University Press published, is on the history of contemporary Hollywood - from 2001 to Jurassic Park.
Mass culture is basically an American invention.
By studying American culture I can understand Spanish culture and vice versa. You would be amazed how interesting American culture looks from a Spanish point of view. But, in fact, there is no such thing as 'American' culture. American culture has been constructed by immigrants and is very flexible, very fluid. I want to see how things flow from one culture to another.