Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Requisite: course 25 or 27, 119. Comparative study of cultural production in Latin American, Afro-Luso-Brazilian, and Iberian contexts across diverse historical periods, regional, and ethnic traditions, and aesthetic modes. Possible topics include Afrolatinidad; diaspora; feminism; folklore; gender; globalization; indigeneity and indigenous studies (Andean, Mesoamerican, Amazonian, Tupi, and Tapuia); migration and immigration; music (1960s Latin American protest songs, nueva canción, música regional, punk, rap, folk); popular culture; regionalisms. May be repeated for credit with topic change. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 4.0