EGS 250 - Latinx Pop Culture & Social Media

5 Credits

This course offers a critical examination of contemporary popular culture in the Americas through the lens of Latinx identities. Drawing on film, television, music, public art, social media platforms, and digital content, this course elevates generationally relevant and accessible materials to develop a nuanced understanding of Latinx popular culture. Emphasizing personal narratives and counter-storytelling, the course empowers students to explore their lived realities through then lens of contemporary Latinx cultural production.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Winter Day
Spring Day

Designed to Serve All students
Active Date 20240401T16:29:01

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Diversity & Globalism
Social Science Area I

Course Outline
Topics include counter-storytelling, media literacy, popular culture as social movement, protest art, Latinx genre production, Latinx digital spaces, and the social media construction of Latinx race, class, gender, and sexuality

Student Learning Outcomes
Articulate the narrative and genre elements that drive contemporary Latinx pop culture production

Analyze the ways in which Latinx popular culture reproduces and refutes dominant narratives of race, gender, class, and sexuality

Apply key course concepts to students' lived experiences and the collective experiences of their communities

Effectively demonstrate an understanding of course content through artistic forms including but not limited to: testimonial, storytelling, poetry, and social media engagement