Browse Hierarchy SML6217: Culture, Labour and Activism in Latin America

This module enables students to explore representations of different forms of paid work in the region throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The module addresses cultural texts including visual artworks, films and literary testimonies (testimonios) from a range of countries. The course opens by examining portrayals of industrial work and later focuses on representations of reproductive labour, such as domestic work. It enables students to examine the links between these depictions and different labour movements.