THEA 335(S) Contemporary U.S. Theatre and Performance: Latinos/as in the Everyday (Same as American Studies 335 and Women's and Gender Studies 337)*
This course explores Latino/a theatre and performance from the 1960's to the present. We will study Latino/a theatre and performance in its broadest U.S. articulations, from mainstream Broadway productions to grass roots community carpas, from oppositional site-specific interventions to disembodied performance in cyber space. We will pay particular attention to the intrinsic connections between social movements and popular culture in the articulation of a counter-hegemonic Latino/a imaginary. What is the relationship between migration, memory, Aztlan, border culture, the "Spirit Republic of Puerto Rico," and exilic and diasporic subjectivities? format: seminar. Requirements: class participation and two presentations, one short essay (5-7 pages) and two longer essays (7-10 pages). No prerequisites. No enrollment limit (expected: 15).