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SPAN2622: Latin American Popular Culture

2025 unit information

This unit, taught in Spanish, presents students with a variety of Latin American texts from modern and contemporary popular culture. Students are exposed to a range of different traditions and approaches to reading popular forms in the context of the history and culture of Latin America.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Spanish and Latin American Studies
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Spanish and Latin American Studies or SPAN3001
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. demonstrate that you are able to analyse popular culture production and reception, showing an understanding of the main issues under debate in the field of popular culture studies
  • LO2. read popular culture texts using a variety of approaches, both in terms of the content features and their relations of meaning as well as how they are received and function socially and politically
  • LO3. demonstrate an ability to argue convincingly and authoritatively about popular culture with reference to specific texts and contexts
  • LO4. demonstrate a perspective on regional cultures, religions, languages, and the arts in Latin America
  • LO5. demonstrate an ability to integrate disciplines and perspectives using a variety of mediums, methods, and modes of expression.

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Semester 1 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Semester 1 2020
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2022
Normal day Remote
Semester 1 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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