Spanish 332f - Spanish Literature:Medieval,Renaissance,and Golden Age:Recasting History:Power and Gender in Early Modern Spain

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Mount Holyoke College

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This course looks at Early Modern Spanish history (1500-1700) through the lens of the complex connections between gender and other dimensions of power and culture (e.g., religion, class, sexuality, and race), by focusing on how gender differences/expectations and women's agency were negotiated at the time. Recasting history and including gender as a category of analysis not only help us understand the impact of women in Early Modern Spain, but also force us to rethink other important historical categories (e.g., power/authority, private/public). Objects of study include letters, legal texts, (auto)biographies, political treatises, books of conduct, as well as paintings and movies. Meets Humanities I-A requirement N. Romero-Díaz Prereq. two of the following: Spanish 221, 235, 237, 244, or 246 and permission of instructor; 4 credits

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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