Spanish 450 - Night Chicas:Sex Workers in Contemporary Film from Spain,Mexico,and Brazil Solórzano-Thompson

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Whitman College

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A critical examination of contemporary film from Spain, Mexico, and Brazil depicting sex workers. Themes discussed will include male and female prostitution, client and sex worker relations, gender roles, immigration, politics, transgender issues, feminism, violence, sex tourism, and the law. Readings will include theoretical and critical texts by Paul Julian Smith, Annick Prieur, Don Kulick, and Donna Guy. Evaluation will be based on class participation, presentations, a group video project, and a final research paper tailored to students' majors and interests. This course satisfies the Film/Theater requirement for the major in Spanish Literatures and Cultures. Course is taught in Spanish with stress on oral discussion. Prerequisites: Spanish 306 or consent of instructor. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voices.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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