Race and Representation in Latin America (342-0-1)
Instructors
Jorge F Coronado
847/491-8277
3-135 Crowe
Meeting Info
Kresge Centennial Hall 2-343: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM
Overview of class
This course explores the forms and development of representations of indigenous peoples and of indigeneity in a wide array of modern Latin American literature. We will read mostly narrative and criticism, but also attend to visual and popular cultural production, such as photography, painting, and video. In particular we will be attentive to the ways in which these representations significantly structure and are structured by conceptualizations of the race, gender, nature, region, nation and city. Primarily, we will delve into the prominent literary and cultural movement of indigenismo, which sought to vindicate indigenous peoples' cultural, social and political standing.
Registration Requirements
One course chosen from 250, 251, 260, or 261
Class Materials (Required)
Required text, available at any bookstore, online or otherwise - José María Arguedas, Los ríos profundos, Cátedra, ISBN-13 978-8437613215. Please get the book only from this press, although you may get any edition.
Class Attributes
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area