SCA-UA 557 - Cultural Spaces of Latinidad

Institution:

New York University

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Description:

Examines the contemporary production and meanings of Latino/Hispanic identities in the United States. Looks at the spaces and institutions where Major/Minor in Latino Studies this identity is produced and contested and explores how its definition has changed since it was first felt and then officially recognized by the U.S. census. Also examines representations of Latino/a identity in relation to the very real Latino/a populations that now make up the largest "minority" in the United States. For most of the course, explores differences and similarities in the politics of Latinidad in four important, yet not exclusive, "spaces" involved in the production and representation of Latinidad: the culture industries, urban politics, transnational processes, and contemporary polemics that reach the "mainstream." In other words, this course is designed to theorize Latinidad, in particular "fields of cultural production," whether geographic, institutional, or imaginary. Discusses students' individual research projects for the remainder of the course. Asks students to select a particular "space" involved in the production of Latinidad for further study.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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