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ARH 341D ARH 341D. Contemporary Latinx Visual and Performance Art. 3 Hours.

Same as American Studies 374C, Mexican American Studies 323D, and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 1). Explore contemporary visual and performance art by Latinx artists working since the 1970's to the present. Examine artists who began to engage with and in civil rights discourse to intervene through their art-making practices; and to align with contemporary trends in the art world that began to expand in the 1970's, such as performance art, installation art, video art, and, later, digital art. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 374C, Art History 341D, 361 (Topic: Latinx Visual/Performance Art), Mexican American Studies 323D, 374 (Topic: Latinx Visual/Performance Art), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 1). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.