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Cultural Studies of the Americas

This concentration includes the study of cultural productions - e.g. art, film, television, literature - and the major theoretical and ideological trends of cultural studies in the Americas. This concentration takes a hemispheric or Inter-American approach to the study of cultural productions, taking into account the impact of social, economic, and political exchanges on the circulation of culture across the hemisphere. Courses in this concentration explore issues relating to the representation of transnational migration, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, class, and indigeneity.

Course Requirements

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select six courses from the following: 124
LST 113
LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
LST 145
ARTS OF THE AMERICAS
LST 207
AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND AFRO-LATIN AMERICA: PEOPLES, CULTURES, IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS
LST 243
MAYA ART AND ARCHITECTURE
LST 244
ART OF MESOAMERICA
LST 245
ART OF THE ANDES
LST 246
ART IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN EMPIRE
LST 247
ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS
LST 249
MODERN LATIN AMERICAN ART
LST 268
MEXICAN ART
LST 285
AFRO-HISPANIC LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (ARABS IN THE AMERICAS)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINO/A TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINATION)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (NATIVE ART OF THE AMERICAS)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (GLOBALIZATION & FILM IN THE AMERICAS)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LOOKING FOR GOD IN LATIN AMERICA)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (MEXICAN ART & ARCHITECTURE)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (MEXICAN CINEMA)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (PRINCIPLES OF LATIN AMERICAN ART)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN ART)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN ART)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (GLOBALIZATION & LATIN AMERICA)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (PRE-COLUMBIAN ART)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (JEWISH LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATIN AMERICAN PROTRAITURE)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (CUBA/1990s/SHORT STORY)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATIN AMERICAN DOCUMENTARIES)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (CUBAN AMERICAN LITERATURE)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINOS IN EDUCATION)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINA BODY IN LITERATURE & POLITICS)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (CONTEMPORARY ISSUES/US/LATINO LITERATURE)
LST 300
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE US)
LST 303
THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. PEOPLE, RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE, TECHNOLOGY
LST 306
LATINO COMMUNITIES IN CHICAGO
LST 307
GROWING UP LATINO/LATINA IN THE U.S.
LST 308
MOTHERHOOD IN LATINO COMMUNITIES
LST 309
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND LATINO FAMILIES
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (NEW LATINO/A WRITING)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINOS IN EDUCATION)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINAS AND SEXUALITY )
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LAND AND LABOR IN INDIGENOUS AMERICA)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (MACHISMO & MARIANISMO IN LATIN AMERICA)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (RACE/GENDER/SEX/LATINO LITERATURE/FILM)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (BORDER CINEMA)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (CHICANA LITERATURE)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (QUEER LATINIDAD)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINA FEMINIST THOERY)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINA/O SEXUALITIES)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINOS AND FILM)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (POETRY AND HIP)
LST 310
SPECIAL TOPICS: LATINOS IN THE U.S. (LATINO THEATER)
LST 321
GLOBALIZATION IN THE AMERICAS
LST 322
MEXICAN CINEMA
LST 336
EXPERIENCING MEXICAN ART
LST 338
COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN ART
LST 375
MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES)
LST 389
LATIN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
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Courses from other departments may count towards this concentration; consult your LALS advisor for more information.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

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