Span 251 - Latin-American Nomads and Travelers

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Washington University in St Louis

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Rites of passage and trespassing representing Latin-American immigrants, nomads, and travelers in narrative and film. This course is designed to map the multicultural context of travel, nomadism, displacement, and immigration while studying narrative texts (Before Night Falls; Heading South, Looking North; Life on the Hyphen; Translated Woman: Crossing the Border With Esperanza's Story) and films (El Norte, Gringuito, Old Gringo, Stand and Deliver) by Latin-American and Latino authors. We look at the images, metaphors, and myths that pervade current conceptualizations of the borderlands and explore the variety of ways in which postcolonial rites of passage and trespassing inform the aesthetics of contemporary Latin-American cultural expression. In English.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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