LALS 3660: Latinx Popular Culture

3 Credit Hours

This course engages with representations of U.S. Latinx communities in expressive cultures. The study of Latinx popular culture position students to explore how race, immigration, gender, class, and citizenship informs media and artistic productions. The larger goal of this course is centering U.S. Latinx communities and their relationships to popular culture. Topics covered in this course may include popular music, sports, film, social media trends, television, and musical theatre.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Implement critical and social theories to the study of Latinx popular culture.
Identify social and cultural issues in Latinx popular culture.
Examine hemispheric ties between Latin American and U.S. Latinx communities through popular culture.
Execute critical thinking skills through a variety of writing assignments.
Design group-based research projects focusing on contemporary Latinx popular culture.