New course still available! WLC 310 / Special Topic: Bad Bunny and His World: Unpacking Puertorriqueñidad
Are you still looking for a class to take in the spring? Consider: WLC 310 – Special Topics in Puerto Rican Literature and Culture
Spring 2026 MWF 11-11:50 a.m. / Instructor: G. Y. Nieto-Cuebas
Course Description:
WLC 310 examines how Puerto Rican artist and icon Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, has brought visibility to Puerto Rico’s culture, history, and political situation globally. His music and artistic style will be studied within a cultural context and in dialogue with literary texts. Topics to be discussed include cultural identity, migration, gentrification, linguistic negotiation between Spanish and English, globalization, and the erasure/displacement of local culture. The course will be taught in English.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: World Languages and Cultures
Contact: Glenda Nieto at gynietoc@owu.edu