This course on literary and cultural studies methodology focuses on AfroLatinidades theory and criticism across the Black Diaspora, Latin America, and Latinx contexts. Theoretical frameworks include Mestizaje, Mulataje, and AfroLatinidades Paradigms, and core features of AfroLatinx signifying, poetics, and politics. Theorists range from Roberto Fernndez Retamar, Sylvia Wynter, Jos Luis Gonzlez, Juan Flores, and more.