SPAN 6780

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SPAN 6780
Hispanic Caribbean Rhythms and Aesthetics

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

This course explores how Caribbean music-such as son, merengue, and reggaetón-dialogues with literature in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and New York.  Theoretical readings on Caribbeanness (Benítez-Rojo, Glissant) and ethnomusicology (Flores, Moore, Rivera-Rideau) animate our interdisciplinary examination of Aftro-Antillean poetics (Nicolás, Guillén), Cuban neo-Barogue aesthetics (Severo Sarduy), coloniality and cultural consumption (Luis Rafael Sánchez), queer Caribbean diasporas (Mayra Santos-Febres), and soundtracks from Dominican urbanity (Rita Indiana).

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATA 6770, LSP 6770, MUSIC 6770

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16216 SPAN 6780   SEM 101

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  • This is the mandatory graduate seminar for 1st year Spanish graduate students.