LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin AmericaSemester Hours: 3
Periodically
Interdisciplinary exploration of specific issues in the study of Latin America and the Caribbean. Themes may include decolonization of knowledge, globalization and Latin American cultures, nation-building literature, travel writing, borderlands, U.S.-Latin American relations, natural resources and politics, indigenous communities, and nation-states, or media and politics. Topics will vary.
Current Special Topics
LACS 015E - Mutants and Monsters: New Lit Lat
Narco-westerns, cyber-punk epics, gothic tales. Latin American younge writers producing fiction about the great challenges of our times.
Same as SPLT 050N
LACS 015Z - (CC,IS) FROM TANGO TO REGGAETON
From Tango to Reggaeton, and beyond. This course looks at the role of popular music in the production, representation, performance, and interpretation of gender identities and sexuality in Latin American, Spanish, and Latinx popular music. How have musicians negotiated traditional categories of gender and sexuality? How have audiences (and dancers) utilize popular music genres to express their sexuality, or to subvert societal norms regarding gender and sexuality? The course will look at popular music genres through the lenses of feminist theory, queer theory, and critical race theory. Using the tools and insights provided by these interconnected theoretical frameworks, the course invites students to critically analyze the ways in which popular music both reflects and shapes gender, identity, and racialized experiences.
Same as WST 150L , SPLT 050M
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are offered, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule.
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