Subject Area: Hispanic Studies<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Americas Studies; History; Women's and Gender Studies<br/><br/>Frida Kahlo has become an icon of contemporary art and feminism. This course examines her life and artistic production, and seeks to account for her status in Mexican and Latin American circles as well as in a broad international context. It emphasizes the self-consciously theatrical ways in which Kahlo’s work projects particular versions of the following general themes: ethnicity and "Mexicanness"; gender and sexuality; public and private selves; the body fragmented and in pain; and radical leftwing politics. In addition to... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 30 units of credit at Level 1
