HISP 387 - Latin American Seminar

Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as LALS 387) A seminar offering in-depth study of topics related to the literary and cultural history of Latin America. This course may be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

Topic for 2021/22b: Women, Power, and the Borderlands. In this seminar we examine the connection between women and power, specifically in the geopolitical context of northern Mexico, in the zone of influence of the Mexico-US border. Instead of framing this examination by the discussion of violence against women, we turn our attention to the work that female-identifying artists and thinkers have produced to shed light on the struggles for power that have produced the hyper-violent conditions of the lives of most Mexicans, on the one hand, and also the ones that are opening the path to an emancipatory horizon. We analyze films, literature, and visual art produced by female artists from the north of Mexico like Natalia Almada, Teresa Margolles, Dolores Dorantes, and Valeria Luiselli. Instruction, materials, and evaluations are in Spanish. Marcela Romero Rivera.

Prerequisite(s): HISP 216 and one course above 216.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS

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