ARTS 357 - Looking for Africa in Brazil

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

This course traces the creation and evolution of some major artistic strategies developed and inspired by five million Africans and their descendants who found themselves in Brazil following the transatlantic slave trade. Our focus will be on analyzing the role of visual culture in defining Brazil’s relationship to Africa and the memory of slavery, and in using artworks to think with theories of cultural development in the African diaspora.

Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: M. Rarey

Prerequisites & Notes: 100-level course in Art History or Africana Studies
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Africana Studies