AML 5637 Ribo Fall 2022
Environmental movements and policymaking in the United States have often been critiqued for excluding the needs, knowledge, and leadership of communities of color. This course will explore how the work of Latinx writers, artists, activists, and critics reimagines and expands understandings of environmentalism. Readings will include novels by Ana Castillo, Mayra Montero, Hector Tobar, Justin Torres, and Helena María Viramontes. Throughout the semester students will develop a research project from abstract, to conference paper, to journal article.
Requirements: This course satisfies the requirement for coursework in the following Areas of Concentration: Post-1900 Literary and Cultural Studies (American, British, Irish); Colonial, Postcolonial, and Transnational Literary and Cultural Studies; and a Literary Genre (Fiction). This course also meets the Alterity requirement.