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SPANISH (L38)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)SP2021
L38 Span 410Major Seminar3.0 Units
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32M-W----1:00P-2:20PRemote / LA MorañaMay 13 2021 1:00PM - 3:00PM2090
Desc:VISUAL IMAGINARIES IN LATIN AMERICA. Following the so-called "discovery" of America, depictions of the new territories included a complex interpretation of the role that nature and aboriginal cultures would play in Western societies both as representations of utopia and as the site of the Other, understand as an alternative and as a challenge to the European self. After the independence, new images contributed to the construction of Creole identities and to the promotion of nationalism, modernization, and liberalism. The goal of this course is twofold. First of all, it will introduce students to a selected repertoire of images, icons and symbols used to represent (Latin) America from colonial times to the present, which work vis a vis literary and historical narratives. Secondly, the course will focus on the cultural (aesthetic and ideological) analysis of this visual discourse from interdisciplinary perspectives. The course will cover colonial iconography as well as post-Independence representations of the new Republics, including national symbols, representations of modernity, depiction of power relations of class, race and gender, visual arts (Guayasamin, Botero, Rivera, Khalo) and images connected to authoritarian regimes and popular resistance during the 20th-century. Students will be exposed to a combination of theoretical / critical readings on topics of cultural history, collective memory, social identity, etc., that will provide a foundation for specific studies of "high," popular, and public art. The course will be taught in Spanish; reading materials in either English or Spanish. Remote. Synchronous on Wednesday.
REG-DelayStart: 1/25/2021   End: 5/13/2021
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