Expressive Cultures (203-0-1)

Instructors

Merida M Rua

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 224: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

LATINO 203 Expressive Cultures examines the creative and speculative works of US Latinx thinkers, artists, and everyday people. The course highlights local, national, and transnational experiences through literature, art, music, and media. Students will examine how these expressive cultural forms grapple with the ongoing legacies of colonization, migration, and displacement alongside struggles for recognition within the broader narratives of nationhood and global power as they also imagine other possible worlds.

Registration Requirements

N/A

Learning Objectives

What will the student be expected to know by the end of the class?

In LATINO 203, by engaging the course materials and one another in discussion and group work, as well as through writing assignments, students will:

1. Develop a strong critical analytic of expressive cultures to understand how race, class, sexuality, and gender inform our understanding of both past and present political climates;

2. Discuss and analyze ways that Latinx communities create artistic expressions and practices to reflect, question, and affirm their own experiences and disrupt structural inequalities;

3. Learn to interpret and make distinct forms of cultural expression within historical contexts and as works of art that attend to craft, as well as make claims and arguments; and

4. Refine their critical thinking skills and experiment with different ways to express ideas.

Class Materials (Required)

Julia Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies
Materials on Canvas or other platform

Class Notes

No P/N option

Attendance is mandatory during the first week of class. Students who miss the first two sessions will need the instructor's permission to enroll.

All students enrolled in this course are required to attend the Wirtz Center on-campus production of In the Time of the Butterflies, which will likely be scheduled for Sunday, May 24, at 2:00 PM.

Class Attributes

Literature and Arts Foundational Discipline
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Registration is reserved for Latina and Latino Majors and Minors during pre-registration. Regular registration will be open to all majors/minors after the pre-registration period.