SPAN 292 - Latin American Women: Struggles and Literature (Spanish)

Credits: 5
Introduces the study of Latin American Women’s struggles through important literature produced by Latin American women, to explore the historical construction of masculinity and femininity in the region, the role of politics and ideologies in that construction, the intersection of gender, race, class, ethnicity and nationality and the social movements that have impacted the lives of women in the region. Crosslisted with LAS 200  

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for SPAN& 223  or instructor consent.

 

Satisfies Requirement: Humanities/Fine Arts/English and Diversity
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

1. Discuss in Spanish the intersections of gender, race, politics, power, social structures and history in Latin America.
2. Discuss in Spanish the relation of Latin American women’s issues to the conquest and subsequent imperial dominations in the region.
3. Understand the impacts of patriarchy/machismo, marianismo/malinchismo in gender relations in Latin America.
4. Assess in Spanish how literature and art produced by Latin American women reflects, questions and advances the causes of women.
5. Appraise the emergence of feminist ideas and organizations in Latin America, their conflicts with “First World Feminism,” and their relations with non-feminist women organizations.
6. Recognize and apply the basic principles and conventions of effective written communication about the subject in Spanish.
7. Examine the following elements of thought: points of view, purpose, question at issue, implications and consequences, assumptions, concepts, conclusion and solutions.

• Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
• Diversity and Equity - In order to advance equity and social justice, students will be able to examine their own and others’ identities, behaviors, and/or cultural perspectives as they connect to power, privilege, and/or resistance.