HISP 228 - Modern Spain

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

Studies in Spanish literary and cultural production from the beginning of the Bourbon monarchy to the present.

Topic for 2013/14b: Virgins and Vamps: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Modern Spain. In this course we question how images of women have been produced and interpreted through the dichotomy of the virgin/whore. Through the study of a range of literary (novel, poetry, drama) and visual texts (photography, film, magazines, posters), we trace the ways in which this dualism has been promoted or undermined in order to uphold the interests of nationalism, population control, class hierarchies and religion. In order to guide our discussion we examine a small selection of works written by those who have endeavored to define the Spanish Woman: feminists, intellectuals, scientists, historians, doctors, priests, and nuns. Ms. Woods.

Prerequisite(s): one course above HISP 206 .

Two 75-minute periods.