SPAN 307 - Seminar.The Clothed and the Naked in Colonial Latin America

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Wellesley College

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Guzauskyte In this seminar, we will study the colonial period of Latin America, focusing on the cultural notions of ?clothing? and ?nakedness.? The course will be divided into three parts dedicated to: Native American texts and art (mythologies, codices, maps); European texts (Bible, Aristotle, Montaigne); and accounts of the conquest told from various points of view (Columbus, Ixtlilxochitl, Cabeza de Vaca, Catalina de Erauso). We will analyze how clothing and nakedness were used to symbolize changing power relationships between various protagonists: indigenous/white, female/male, and colonized/colonizer. Topics will include: notions of dress in distinct cosmological systems, clothing and gender in early colonial chronicles, clothing and its absence in the construction of the individual, and collective notions of the Self and the Oth er. Prerequisite: Open to senior and junior majors Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.wellesley.edu

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(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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