This course examines questions of gender, sexuality, and identity in contemporary Latina/Latino culture through a discussion of novels, performance pieces, essays, and films. It explores how gender and sexual identities and practices are shaped by intersecting structures of power—such as race, class, and nation—both within the larger U.S. context and across borders. Taking a hemispheric approach, it emphasizes Latinx and Latin American activisms and their repercussions throughout the continent. We will read and discuss critical and creative work and analyze popular representations of gender and sexuality in artwork, film, literature, music, and poetry, drawing on an interdisciplinary framework.
This course is taught in English.
CRN 63694.
MWF: 10:00 – 10:50 AM.
Location: 2078 Natural History Building.
Instructor: Yamile Ferreira
Image credit: Yreina D. Cervántez, “Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA' TI XICANA,” 1999