Repression & Resistance

Catalog description

This course will examine the struggle for human rights and freedom of expression in various Latin American countries through the study and analysis of selected twentieth and twenty-first century literature and cinema. Issues include sociopolitical oppression, repression, resistance, national identity, violence, genocide, historical memory, homophobia, gender identity and sexual orientation, religious intolerance, racism, immigration, exile and political asylum, among others. Students will examine the nature of human rights and democracy in contemporary Latin America, beginning with a historical perspective and continuing into the present. In order to receive credit towards the Spanish major/minor, students must write the research term paper in Spanish. The course will be taught in English. This course contributes to the global/cultural awareness core requirement and may be taken to satisfy the core literature requirement.