Latin American Visual Studies: A Genealogical Picture

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Publication Title

Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies

Abstract

The last fifteen years have witnessed the emergence of Latin American visual studies. In this essay, we create a genealogical picture of the field and demonstrate that, by drawing from Latin American cultural studies and cultural criticism and through its focus on the region’s social and political issues, it has developed a specificity of its own. First, we briefly examine the contributions made by Latin American art history, social sciences, and communication to the discourse of Latin American visual studies. Second, we address the relationship between visual and cultural studies, arguing that the latter is the main epistemic field from which the former has emerged. In the third and main section, we detail key directions, themes, and projects currently being developed. We conclude by underscoring several aspects of Latin American visual studies’ epistemic and intellectual specificity, with a final reflection on the field’s potential evolution as it consolidates within academia.

Volume Number

8

Issue Number

1

First Page

4

Last Page

33

DOI

10.23870/marlas.441

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