SN 305 - Visual Culture in Colonial Latin America

(3.00 cr.)

Examines the visual production of the colonial period considering race, sexual gender, space, and religion as the analyzing factors. Readings consist of a variety of texts and images including chronicles, autobiographies, journals, paintings, maps, and plates. Visual sources come from Gillain Rose's Visual Methodologies, Serge Gruzinski's La colonizacion de lo imaginario, and Magli Carrera's Imaging Identity in New Spain. Authors included are Father Diego de Landa, Father Martín de Murúa, Jerónimo de Vivar, Úrsula Suárez, and El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

Prerequisite: SN 203 or SN 217 or written permission of the instructor.
Sessions Typically Offered: Fall/Spring
Years Typically Offered: Varies

Interdisciplinary Studies: IL