The Latino Presence In Art And Visual Culture (HAA-0186)

Fall 2024 · HAA 0186 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Representations of Latinos and by Latinos across a broad range of media, with emphasis on contemporary art and film/television, but including literature and music. Popularity and increase of Latino culture in the U.S. in the context of ongoing debates about immigration, national security, and shifting demographics. Key topics include the cultural politics of representation, the relationship of contemporary Latino artists to the mainstream art world, debates about visual art as a vehicle for the expression of cultural identity, the role of gender, sexuality, class, and ethnicity in creative expression, the relationship between Latino culture and the mainstream, the diversity of the Latino community, how self-representation informs political dissent, and an examination of Latinidad as an affirmative cultural construction for people of Latin American descent in the U.S. 100-level requirements include a longer research paper and may include additional readings, response papers, oral presentations, and group discussion meetings. (Also offered as lower-level.) Recommendations: Graduate student or junior or senior Art History major or permission of instructor.

Course codes: HAA-0186, HAA 0186, HAA0186, HAA-186, HAA 186, HAA186, LST-0186, LST 0186, LST0186, LST-186, LST 186, LST186

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