Cultural Politics of Borderlands Literatures and Sounds

<p>In-person Course. This course will explore U.S.-Mexican borderlands literature and culture as sites of cultural politics. &#160;The borderlands here is defined by several scholars who have theorized the term as a form of resistance to white supremacy (Americo Paredes), a unique literary formation (Sonia Saldívar), and to name a third space of queerness (Gloria Anzaldúa). Borderlands is always in relation to the political project of Chicana/o/x Studies. This course will introduce you to key works in borderlands literature from the mid-twentieth century to our contemporary moment. The novels chosen will be read in relation to visual and sonic productions that extend themes of the writing. Our goal is to explore how creative writing not only reflects the structural positionalities of people of Mexican descent living within the United States but that also form unique narrative forms, queer racialized subjectivities, and third space languages. The goal of this course is to introduce you to key authors, learn theoretical concepts related to the chosen novels and to reconsider their fictional narratives through musical sound and visual cultures that form a political arena in a given historical, political, and cultural context.&#160;1 Credit. Session A: May 27 – June 28. Tuition: $5070.</p>