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School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Sex and Power in the Latin American Aesthetic Imaginary

SPAN 326
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In this course, we will study the aesthetic representations of sex and sexuality in Latin American literary and artistic work from the mid-twentieth century to the present. With special attention to the influence—and resistance—of feminist, queer, and critical race theories, we will address the ways narratives about sex and sexuality inform and are informed by social, cultural, and political shifts. Through narrative, performance art, music, and film, this course will approach the study of gender and sexuality through a close-reading of the ways in which systems of power influence, interrupt, and interrogate the construction of sexual cultures in contemporary Latin America.

Tuesday/Thursday 2:00-3:20pm

School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Department of Spanish & Portuguese

4080 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building

707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176

Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 333-3390 | Fax: (217) 244-2223

Email: span-port@lists.illinois.edu

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