Introduction to Spanish American Literature and Culture
An introduction to Spanish-speaking Latin American literature, film, and other forms of cultural production, designed to provide students with an understanding of the region's variety and complexity while also honing their linguistic and analytical skills.
Outcomes: Students will obtain a grounding in Spanish-speaking Latin American literary and cultural production, an understanding of various literary and cultural forms, and an awareness of their context of production.
Social Movements in Latin America
An introduction to Spanish-speaking Latin American literature, film, and other forms of cultural production, designed to provide students with an understanding of the region's variety and complexity while also honing their linguistic and analytical skills.
Outcomes: Students will obtain a grounding in Spanish-speaking Latin American literary and cultural production, an understanding of various literary and cultural forms, and an awareness of their context of production.
This course explores the rich history and dynamic present of social movements across Latin America, examining how communities have organized to challenge inequality, authoritarianism, environmental destruction, and exclusion. From Indigenous uprisings and peasant movements to feminist, labor, LGBTQ+, and anti-extractive struggles, students will analyze how collective action has shaped politics, culture, and social transformation in the region.
Through interdisciplinary readings, films, and discussion, students will engage with key theoretical frameworks¿such as decolonial thought and intersectionality¿to understand how grassroots movements create new forms of belonging.
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