Afro-Mexican Visual Cultures; Latinindad, Anti-Blackness, and Visual Studies

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Investigates artworks as early as the colonial period, to murals of the 20th century, and even media sources of today, tracing how Latin American essentialism has been constructed and interwoven into everyday visual culture. Focuses on Mexico and its influence on race relations across Latin America and parts of the United States. Examination of La Raza Cosmica and Mestizaje, also explores how art and culture impact how race and ethnicity are experienced. Students will develop visual analysis, archival analysis, and critical writing skills, and engage with the history of race and racism in the Latin American context, gaining an understanding of the art and other forms of visual materials.