Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Prerequisite: HISP-S 328 or Consent of the Department
Neocolonialism in Spanish America: Representation, Violence, Resistance

In this course we will look at how post-independence (19^th century through present) Spanish American cultural production responds to new forms of colonialism arising after the decline of the old colonial power, Spain. Cultural texts include poems, film, photography and visual art, and short prose works. Our main goal will be to explore how different cultural forms seek to record, remember, transmit, and understand unequal power relations based on economic exploitation, political domination, and racialized social hierarchies. Course material will be taken from three different historical contexts: the Mexican revolution of 1910-1920; revolutionary violence and military dictatorship/state terrorism in the Southern Cone (Argentina and Chile) of the 1970’s and 80’s; and the narco wars and gang violence in Mexico and Central America of the early 21^st century. We will pay close attention to the specific compositional nature of various cultural forms, asking how film, painting, music, poetry, and prose fiction each respond in their own ways to experiences that appear to exceed what ordinary language is capable of conveying. Evaluation based on class participation, short writing assignments, presentations, and a final project.

HISP-S 412      #11225      (3)      9:35A-10:50A       MW        EP 256         Prof. Patrick Dove

Note: This class meets with S498, section #11246

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