SPAN 213 US Latino Identity in Literature, Film and Music

Interdisciplinary study of the performance of US Latino/a identity through the study of literature, music, visual arts. and media arts in the 20th and 21st centuries. We will examine literary texts, music, musicals, films, visual arts, and TV shows and other media arts by major US Latino/a and non-US Latino/a figures such as Hector Tobar, Gloria Anzaldúa, Esmeralda Santiago, Oscar Hijuelos, Sandra Cisneros, Amparo Escandón, Celia Cruz, Selena, Rubén Blades, Ritchie Valens, Gregory Nava, Luiz Valdés, Lin-Manuel Miranda, George Lopez, José Antonio Burciaga, Yreina Cervantez,among others. It will be conducted in English.

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