Lecturas

 Son tres las lecturas para esta semana:

Subirats: “Las poéticas colonizadas de América Latina” 

https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/202455/hiol_deb01_01_subirats_las_poeticas_colonizadas_de_america_latina.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Volek: “Under the Spell of Magic: U.S. Latin Americanism and Its Others”

https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/182509/hiol_01_04_volek_under_the_spell_of_magic.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

 

Moraña: “Latin American Cultural Studies: When, Where, Why?” 

https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/182510/hiol_01_03_morana_latin_american_cultural_studies.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Son de más "peso" que las lecturas de la primera semana, así que habría que hacer un esfuerzo de preparación considerable. 

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