Dartmouth Events

Bringing Aztlán and Borinquen to Chicago with Professor Marc Zimmerman

Bringing Aztlán and Borinquen to Chicago: Mexican and Puerto Rican Art in the City from 1968 to the Age of Trump

Monday, October 9, 2017
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Room 002, Rockefeller Center
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts, Lectures & Seminars

Zimmerman's presentation will focus on Chicago Latino art from the city's "Latino cultural explosion" of the 1970's and on to new generation responding to crises in Latin America and the U.S. involving questions of discrimination, gentrification, displacement and struggle.

 

Marc Zimmerman is Professor Emeritus at the U. of Illinois Chicaco and the U. of Houston. He is the founder of LACASA Chicago Publications (www.lacasachicago.org) and is the director of its series on Latin American and Latino cultural studies.

For more information, contact:
Laurie Furch
646-1640

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.