FYS 17 Latinidad and Pop Culture: Media, Power, and Representation
This course explores Latinx popular culture as both a site of creative expression and a battleground for power and representation. Through music, television, film, art, fashion, and digital platforms, we’ll examine how Latinx communities in the U.S. have navigated, resisted, and redefined dominant narratives about race, gender, class, and nation. Drawing on frameworks from Chicana feminism, queer theory, Afro-Latinx critique, and cultural studies, we’ll interrogate questions of visibility, voice, and authenticity.
Open only to first year frosh.