Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

SPAN 386 - CULTURE & POWER IN LAT AM

Long Title: CULTURE AND POWER IN LATIN AMERICA
Department: Spanish
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: This course uses a variety of materials and sources to examine the epistemologies of coloniality in Latin America, with a focus on their European and Western origins. Explores various aspects of the discourses of coloniality and subalternity in a range of cultural productions (cinema, poetry, narrative, salsa, Latin rock music). Recommended prerequisite(s): Third-year Spanish or permission of instructor.