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Dr. Vinodh Venkatesh 339 Major Williams Hall, 540 231 9850 vinodhv@vt.edu Horas de consulta: MW 10-11 or by appointment
 * Representations of the Latin American City: Hybridization, Revolution and Growth.** **MCB 216, 1:25-2:15 MWF**

This course is designed to introduce students to the textual study of the Latin American city. We will read various theoretical and critical texts that will permit an active discussion on the trope of the city in contemporary fiction. Students are encouraged to pay attention to how and why space is created, and to what extent the urban influences current realities and cultures. Looking at ideas from critics such as Edward Soja, Henri Lefebvre and Giles Deleuze, we will examine the role of the Latin American city in the 21st century, taking into account issues of race, globalization, gender, war, and history. Students will develop a critical understanding of the connection between representation, space, and the vicissitudes of local and global culture, in addition to extrapolating class dialogues to their own experiences of the urban. PRE: for 5234: graduate standing; for 4334: 34XX

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// **"**  La ciudad me prestaba su videoclip, yo le añadía mi voz, porque las ciudades no tienen voz, sino bandas sonoras; sus voces son las narrativas que cada uno teje." // ======

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//"Y no solamente es culpa de los hombres – las mujeres participan en su propia opresión" // ======

RESPONSE JOURNALS GRADUATE STUDENT SECTION

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