The Civil Rights Era in Caribbean & Latinx Literature

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An exploration of Latinx and Caribbean literature during the Civil Rights era in the US, including discussion of sociopolitical and historical context, literary currents, and connection to critical scholarship in Latinx Studies. Since the 1960s, Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican & Caribbean writers have addressed themes of gender, class, and race discrimination and reflected on the struggles for Civil Rights.