Explore the effect of globalization on the representation, identity and culture of indigenous/Africanist dances. How is race, gender and sexuality negotiated through cultural transmission?
Explore dance traditions among various afro latinx cultures, history, politics, role of performance in imagining, constructing and projecting identities.
This class explores the representation of women and race in Western culture, GLBTQ arts, African American art and artists, contemporary American Indian arts, and The Culture Wars.
An in depth exploration of the work of contemporary, female playwrights of color like Lynn Nottage, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Tanya Saracho, and Kristina Wong.
Discover the intriguing musical traditions of Sumatra, Sunda, Java, Bali, Sunda Islands, and the Philippines in this lecture course open to interested students—no music background required.
Learn about art made in the United States or by American artists living abroad from the colonial era to the present. Painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and other media included.
Highlights of Chinese visual arts from Neolithic to present. Studies jade, bronze, lacquer, silk, Buddhist sculpture, ceramics, calligraphy, painting, architecture, film, installation arts.