Spanish 246zn - Topics in Latin American Literature and Culture-Zapatismo Now: Cultural Resistance on the "Other" Border

This course explores the social and cultural expression of Zapatismo from its initial revolutionary uprising in the Mexican indigenous borderlands of Chiapas on New Year’s Eve, 1994 through its present-day global vision of an alternative world model. Through close analysis of the movement’s diverse cultural media, including communiqués, radio broadcasts, visual art, web blogs and storytelling, students examine the role of media arts and literary forms in Zapatismo’s cultural and political philosophies, as well as develop a broad understanding of Zapatismo’s influence in popular and indigenous social movements throughout Latin America and the global south. Course taught in Spanish. Prerequisite: SPN 220. Restrictions: SPN 246 may be repeated once with a different topic. Enrollment limited to 20.

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