SPA 334 - Women in Contemporary Spain

In this class, we will study women in Spanish culture from the 20th and 21st centuries. We will consider women as writers, politicians, artists, and everyday people. The historical framework of this course follows the trajectory of women’s movements in Spain. Some of the broader questions we will explore are: What does it mean to be a woman in Spain now? What has it meant historically? How does the “angel in the house” vs. “new woman” tension play out? How are women constricted and liberated by their roles as mothers, sisters, daughters, wives? What implications do these definitions have? What do these questions matter to men? How do they matter to society as a whole? How do representations of women change at different moments in history? Conducted in Spanish.

Satisfies Hispanic Studies major and minor requirement.
Satisfies Gender and Sexuality Studies major and minor requirement.
Satisfies Global Literary Theory interdisciplinary minor requirement.
Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric Ways of Knowing requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: SPA 271 or SPA 272.