SPN 350 - Visions and Voices: Chicana Icons from Myth to Matter

Course Units: 1

(Not Offered this Academic Year) La Virgen de Guadalupe, La Malinche, and Frida Kahlo surround us on a daily basis. We see them in our dreams and in ourselves; they are repeatedly embodied in contemporary life and art. In this course we will discuss the historical significance of these three figures in dialogue with feminist reappropriations of their iconic value in contemporary literature, art, and culture. We will examine how musicians, visual artists, poets, narrators, and playwrights reclaim the iconic significance of these women and give them new voice and body in order to reposition and redefine the sexual and social identities of contemporary women. Prerequisite(s): SPN 203 or permission of the instructor. CC: LCCS, HUL