SPAN 316 Visual Cultures of Latin America

This survey course offers a broad view into the visual cultures of Latin America, dealing with issues of creation of images, story-telling, consumption, and dissemination of visual productions. Materials can include codex, painting, photography, prints, and cinema. Latin American visual production will be studied will be studies vis-à-vis politics, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationalism, and indigenous peoples. Time period and region will vary upon the instructor.