Hi -- Thanks for stopping by my personal-info page.
I'm
a Philly native who grew up in suburban New Jersey,
and have lived in the Philadelphia area
most of my life. I have also lived in France (as a child)
and Spain (for much of 2003).
As
a writer and historian, I explore the relationship between popular
culture and social trends. My present research deals with the
international sale of TV series formats.
In
my day job, I'm a freelance
translator, certified by the American Translators Association
for Spanish>English, Portuguese>English, and English>Spanish
work. I also translate into English from French and Catalan.
I
specialize in the translation of documents and web sites. I also do
subtitling and multilingual desktop publishing. I'm
particularly proud of my English version of the wonderfully warped
comedy Eloise is Under an Almond Tree by Enrique Jardiel Poncela
(published in the book Plays of the New Democratic Spain, University
Press of America, 1991).
Earlier
careers: college Spanish teacher, computer technician/database designer/helpdesk
person, freelance writer, media consultant and archivist.
Below
is the bio I send out when I give lectures:
Steven
Capsuto has been active in lesbian and gay community service organizations
since 1983. He received his B.A. from Rutgers University in
1986 with specializations in Spanish and in Mass Media/Journalism.
His book Alternate Channels (Ballantine, 2000) traces the
history of lesbian and gay images in broadcasting from the 1930s
to the present. The volume was a semifinalist for the American
Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Book
Award. Steven also contributed several articles to the books
Out in All Directions (Warner Books, 1995) and the Encyclopedia
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History in America
(Scribners, 2003).
For
more than a decade, he has toured universities and film festivals
with lectures built around video clips from a half-century of American
TV.
Steven
is the former head archivist of the GLBT Library/Archives of Philadelphia,
where he has held leadership positions since 1990. He also
served as a Board member of the Archives' parent organization, now
known as the William Way Community Center.
He
presented academic papers related to his book during the 1997 conference
of the American Historical Association (New York) and the 2001 Console-ing
Passions media studies conference (Bristol, UK). He was also
a researcher or consultant for several TV documentaries, including
The Question of Equality and After Stonewall (both
on public television) and TV Revolution (on Bravo cable).
In 2004, he was the guest historian on a panel at the Museum of
Television and Radio (NYC), featuring producers and cast members
of Showtime's Queer as Folk and The L Word.
If
you have questions about my work, or just want to say "Hi," feel free
to drop me a line at stevecap@dca.net
