Latin American and Latino Studies

LALS 146 Queer Latinidades: Drag & Trans Latinx & Latin American Performances

Explores drag performance and transgender lives in Latin America and among U.S. Latina/o/xs. Using ethnographic, film, and cultural studies approaches, course examines identities like loca, muxe, travesti, and drag queen. Focus areas include performance, displacement, community, and (un)belonging within feminist, queer of color, and trans studies frameworks. The course includes transnational case studies from Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

Credits

5

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Winter

Instructor

Jennifer Gotlieb