Middlebury

PGSE0330A-F14

Aesthetics of Urban Poverty

Aesthetics of Urban Poverty in Literature, Film, and Music
Spaces of urban poverty have long held an ambivalent place within cultural imaginaries, as sites of various stereotypes and signified differences, but also as places of notable cultural production and social contestation. We will consider how urban poverty in Brazil, Lusophone Africa, and Portugal has been represented and commodified (trans)nationally, and how the voices from these locales challenge and pose a series of questions pertaining to capital, imperialisms, nationhood, globalization, and history. In doing so, we will also confront the complex relationships between race, gender, class, family, culture, and social violence, while spanning historical periods, literary and cinematic movements, and musical genres. (PGSE 0215 or equivalent) 3hrs. lect./disc.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92466
Subject Code:
PGSE
Course Number:
0330
Section Identifier:
A

Course

PGSE 0330

All Sections in Fall 2014

Fall 2014

PGSE0330A-F14 Lecture (Silva)