SPA 1009Spanish-Speaking Cultures

Catalog

Prerequisite(s): None In this course taught in English, students explore the vibrant Spanish-speaking cultures of Latin America, Spain, and the United States through an overview of history, geography, literatures, and artistic expressions with a focus on contemporary issues. Students analyze a variety of cultural artifacts, such as short stories, comics, animations, films, musical genres, architecture, cuisines, and sports. Through an interdisciplinary approach including gender perspectives, this course intends to go beyond the underrepresentation and the stereotypical characterization of Hispanic individuals on television, in films, and the news, as well as recent forms of Hispanophobia in the United States. For an even richer experience, students are encouraged to take simultaneously a course in Spanish. (If the student has already taken classes of Spanish or speak Spanish at home, he/she/they contact an advisor at the department of World Languages to be placed in the appropriate level).