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    Jan 02, 2025  
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ARHI136 JT - North American Borderlands

When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2023.
Instructor(s): R. Romero
Credit: 1

This course introduces students to art of North American borderlands from the nineteenth century to the present. Students will explore how the borders between Mexico, United States, and Canada have been represented in painting, sculpture, and photography, as well as in works of conceptual, performance, social practice, material culture, and activist art. Central to this course are issues of indigeneity, race, class, gender, and migration, as well the contested ground of Chicanx and Latinx identities. North American borderlands will also be a starting point for global and comparative analysis of transnational art histories.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
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