ARTH 353 - The Special Case of Puerto Rico

FC ARHU CD WADV

4 credits
In 1988, Puerto Rican Art Historian Marimar Benítez identified the ways Puerto Rican artists, both on the island and in the diaspora, use their art to draw out unresolved cultural and political tensions between Puerto Rico and the United States. Building off Benítez, this seminar explores the ways that artists throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have employed aesthetics to intervene in Puerto Rico’s ongoing colonial status. Through artistic practices such as performance, photography, printmaking, installation, painting, and sculpture we will explore themes such as migration, movement, political interventions, nationalism, diasporic identities, racial formation, labor, debt, and popular culture.
Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites: An intermediate 200-level (formerly ARTS 300-level) course in ARTH or consent of the instructor.
Does this course require off campus field trips? Yes