World Arts and Cultures C 156 - Frida Kahlo:Creation of Cultural Icon

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University of California-Los Angeles

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(Formerly numbered 26.) Lecture, four hours. Examination of life of renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in light of (1) Mexico's political, religious, and social history that gave rise to mestizaje and machismo, two social conditions that strongly influenced construction of her mestiza and gender identity, as well as her revolutionary political ideals, (2) obstacles that 20th-century female artists living in patriarchal societies had to confront, (3) way her significant attachments influenced her construction of subjective sense of self and kinds of artwork she produced, (4) transcendent and self-regulatory functions her self-portraits served in maintaining her emotional equilibrium, (5) conversion of Kahlo's image after her death into cultural icon by culturally disenfranchised groups, and (6) psychosocial conditions and processes that tend to promote creation of cultural icons. Concurrently scheduled with course C256. P/NP or letter grading.

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5.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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