SPA 428 ISLAM & JUDAISM IN HISPANIC WO

Analysis of the public and private exchanges that frame coexistence and difference in Spain, Latin America, and Latino USA. The course includes close readings of Islamic and Jewish primary texts in Spanish cultural traditions and Christian thought, investigating the other’s positionality, social roles, power, gender, legal governance, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. Students will explore how poetry, narrative, architecture, history, birth records, foods, film, and social discourse underscore the clash, fusion, and persistence of these traditions in the Hispanic World. Course writing requirements reflect departmental standards for individual levels.

Credits

4

Notes

This course cannot be taken on more than one level.

Prerequisite

SPA 208, SPA 221, SPA 250, or SPA 251. Permission of the Instructor required.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.

Attributes

ASPA, MOIB, MOIE, WLC, W