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3.00 Credits
Examine major historical and present-day problems in Latin America through both classic and popular films. We will study key film techniques, social contexts and movements, and major artists including Bunuel, Gutierrez Alea, Bemberg, Pereira dos Santos, Meirelles, Gonzalez Inarritu and more. (Rated R). PREREQ: SPAN301, SPAN302, SPAN303, SPAN304, SPAN307, SPAN325, or SPAN326.
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3.00 Credits
Explores Caribbean cultures through music, film, religion and other forms of expression. Focus on diaspora, slavery, colonialism, and the formation of present-day postcolonial cultures, and examine the articulation of Caribbean identities through such concepts as contrapunteo, calibanismo, zombiismo, negrismo, aplatanamiento, and insularismo. Taught in Spanish, with some Francophone and Anglophone texts in English. Students will prepare one presentation, weekly short writing assignments, midterm and final. PREREQ: SPAN301, SPAN302, SPAN303, SPAN304, SPAN307, SPAN308, SPAN325, or SPAN326.
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3.00 Credits
"From Amazons to Zombies: The Power of Monsters in Latin American Cultures" studies representations and concepts of the monstrous from the age of discovery to contemporary society. In this course we explore concepts and representations of monsters in Latin American cultures from the Encounter forward, in indigenous and Afro-descendent cultures, scientific and political discourses, and popular culture. Featured monsters: Amazons, cannibals, mermaids, vampires, androids, zombies, pishtacos, la Llorona, la Ciguapa, el Chupacabras. Warning: some of these monsters are supernatural, scary, blasphemous, or offensive. They are monsters. PREREQ: One of the following: SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 304, SPAN 307, SPAN 308, SPAN 325, SPAN 326, or SPAN 355.
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3.00 Credits
Hispanic Cities: Struggle, Space & Representation. PREREQ: One of the following: SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 304, SPAN 307, SPAN 308, SPAN 325, SPAN 326 or SPAN 355.
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3.00 Credits
Study of topics in Hispanic culture and civilization, ranging through the geography, history, art and society of Spain and Latin American countries. PREREQ: One of the following: SPAN 301, 302, 303, 304, SPAN 307, SPAN 308, SPAN 325, SPAN 326, or SPAN 355. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit if topic changes.
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3.00 Credits
Media-Savvy Populism from Che to Chavez: Discourse and Politics in Contemporary Latin America. PREREQ: One of the following: SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 304, SPAN 307, SPAN 308, SPAN 325, SPAN 326, or SPAN 355.
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3.00 Credits
Drug production, trafficking, and consumption has had an enormous impact on Latin American Culture, affecting regional politics, everyday life, art and literature. The course examines the highs and lows built on drug commerce, from the psychodelic experiments of the 1960s to Pablo Escobar's Colombian cocaine empire in the 1980s, to the wave of today's Mexican drug trade violence. PREREQ: One of: SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 304, SPAN 307, SPAN 308, SPAN 325, SPAN 326, or SPAN 355.
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3.00 Credits
Graphic Transgressions: Breakthrough Movements in Latin American Visual Arts and Culture. PREREQ: One of SPAN 301, SPAN 302, SPAN 303, SPAN 304, SPAN 307, SPAN 308, SPAN 325, SPAN 326, or SPAN 355.
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3.00 Credits
Death and resurrection have been used as tropes in various media in Mexican culture to discuss social, political, and economic concerns. These recurring tropes hold symbolic power, evinced in festive Dia de los Muertos celebrations as well as in violent drug trafficking wars. PREREQ: SPAN307 or SPAN308 or SPAN325 or SPAN326.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive seminar conducted in Spanish and devoted to the study of a Selected aspect of translatlantic Hispanic literature over time. Synthesize prior literary and cultural studies in Spanish through immersion in an area that integrates and expands student's existing knowledge. Emphasizes independent research and intensive critical writing. PREREQ: One of SPAN 301, 302, 303, 304, 355 or 370 and one SPAN 400-level course. RESTRICTIONS: This capstone course is designed for Spanish majors in their senior year of study.
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