Globalism and Neoliberalism in Latin American Culture

3 units

This course examines the ways in which Latin American culture has engaged with new global realities and the neoliberal policies of the 1990s. We will use political, economic and cultural theory to assess various artistic explorations of newly globalized Latin America cultural identities from the Caribbean to Argentina. The course will include extensive theoretical readings and a series of novels and films that create productive dialogues with that theory. Authors to be considered include, among others, Fredric Jameson, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Ricardo Piglia, Junot Díaz, and Alberto Fuguet.