Spanish 250LM - Concepts and Practices of Power: An Introduction: 'Making Latin America: From Independence to the Present'

This transdisciplinary course is an introduction to Latin America through its cultural production (literature, film, music, painting, dancing, comics, performance, among others). We are going to address some of the most important moments of the continents' history: independence period, modernization, nationalism, Mexican Revolution, Latin America and the Cold War, Cuban Revolution, Literary Boom in Latin America, Southern Cone cultural production during dictatorships, politics of memory, popular media and mass culture. These cultural products and historical moments will also interact with some of the most relevant concepts of gender theory, cultural studies, critical race theory and human rights.

Prereq: SPAN-212.