Contemporary Latin American Literature: Subjects Without Scripts

"Imperialism," writes Edward Said, "consolidated the mixture of cultures and identities on a global scale." Following Said, one could argue that "globalization" is the politics and economics of Imperialism on speed. Despite the persistence of long traditions, sustained habitations, national languages and cultural geographies, interference and contamination might be the only real alternatives to our contemporary complex incorporative economy and powerfully centralizing cultural apparatus. These alternatives might be profoundly unequal for debt is inevitable in culture as in any other field. Drawing on recent texts from around the globe and theoretical writings, this course thinks contra punctually about others and us. Writings by Lahiri, Hagedorn, Puig, Kincaid, Le Carre, and films such as Y tu mama tambien, Rang de Basanti, Maria Full of Grace, Babel will structure our discussions. MCP,REA,WRI