ENGL 3980 - [Latinx Popular Culture Matters]

(crosslisted) AMST 3981, LSP 3980, SHUM 3980
(CA-AS, ALC-AS, GLC-AS)

Spring. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 4 credits. Student option grading.

E. Diaz.

This course examines several areas of Latinx popular culture that influence U.S. politics and society, artistic productions, and aesthetic sensibilities, as well as popular and civic cultures. Mapping a historical trajectory of Chicanidad and Latinidad in art, music, film, and popular media in the twentieth century, the course also engages contemporary art practices that are rooted in 1960s and 1970s civil rights and community art movements. Topics include Latinx people in film and TV, muralism and street art, music, spoken word as well as close examinations of representations of Latinx people in American mainstream culture.