SOCI 185 - Latina Writers and the Sociological Imagination

Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)

How does the pressure to brand ourselves and the competitive “pursuit of attention” in social media shape our relationship to autobiography, including our own? As a starting point this six-week intensive explores short autobiographical works by three contemporary Latina writers: Jennine Capó Crucet (including the author’s lecture at Vassar in April), Virginia Grise and Valeria Luiselli. Students develop a project that that interrogates the circulation of life narratives, as well as the tensions and possibilities woven into our investment in self-representation and our desire to think structurally. Students each choose additional material to consider as part of their projects, which can be individual or collaborative. Light Carruyo.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

One 75-minute period.

Course Format: INT