Topics Latin American Culture

Catalog description

The courses taught under this rubric explore different aspects of Latin American culture, such as social issues, historical processes, political movements, cinema and music trends, the role of the media, etc. Recent topics include “Social Conflict through Children’s Eyes,” “Latin American History,” “Gender, Class, and Race in Argentine Cinema”, “Who cares about Puerto Rico”, “Build that Wall: History of US-Mexico Relations and “Border Culture”, “Latinx in the US” and “The Latin American Song.” Prerequisite: at least one prior course in Spanish at the 300-level. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.