CCAS 252

Main Course

Cultural Representations in Americas

Description

Seminar, three hours. Analysis of Latina/Latino and Latin American fictional and nonfictional narratives and films, with emphasis on gender issues, diasporas, and global transformation. Use of aesthetic and formal analytical perspectives and several conceptual frameworks-cultural studies, postcolonial studies, neoliberalism, intersectionality, and feminist theories. Study of these cultural productions as expression of intersectionalities and differences among Latina/Latino and Latin American cultural workers, as well as among diverse populations and changing experiences their works refer to. S/U or letter grading.