Art and Revolutionary Politics in Latin America

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This course examines the history of political change in 20th century Latin America through the prism of art and aesthetics. We focus on three central areas - Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua - where revolutionary political change has gone hand in hand with aesthetic and artistic production. Our goal is to study the political history of these places, but to do so in a way that incorporates a range of materials and documents that are often left out of traditional political histories - namely visual culture and visual sources including but not limited to film, photography, theater, political muralism, poster art, performance art, and graffiti.