This course explores code-switching as a multifaceted linguistic and cultural practice. Although there are a myriad of approaches to code-switching—examining syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics, or sociolinguistic patterns—this seminar spotlights how these perspectives can be applied to the analysis of culturally embedded data, which refers to linguistic data that is influenced by the cultural norms, identities, values, and social practices of the community from which it originates. We will consider how code-switching operates across domains and genres, from media and...

In this course, we will explore the construction of the image of Spain for foreign consumption from the turn of the twentieth Century to the present. We will analyze the presence of Spain beyond its borders, including aspects such as military and economic colonialism, migration, tourism, sports, arts, food, fashion, and language. We will study a wide array of documents (films, literary texts, articles, commercials, visual culture, etc) from the perspective of postcolonial theory and cultural studies. Taught in Spanish.Prerequisites: SPAN 228MWF 12:00-12:50pm; 1064...

Castilian is the official national language of Spain. However, the Constitution recognizes other co-official languages such as Basque (Euskera), Galician, and Catalan. These languages have a long history and rich literatures and cultures. However, unlike Castilian, Basque, Galician, and Catalan were repressed during long periods of Spain’s history. In this course we will analyze some of Basque, Galician, Catalan literature masterpieces by paying attention to issues of linguistic deterritorialization, politicization, visibility, and cultural translation. Readings will be in Spanish, but texts...

This course will examine how both emigration and immigration have been portrayed in the Spanish literature and in others cultural manifestations since 1900 to the present. In order to analyze the different Spanish migrations, the course will explore the historical, political, social, and economic contexts that caused them. The course will discuss concepts and themes such as immigration and emigration, exile, diaspora, community, and transculturation. Taught in Spanish. Prerequisites: SPAN 228Section X: 9:00-9:50am (MWF); 1030 LCLB CRN 53119...

This class examines how various sorts of pleasure and fun were represented and policed and how pleasure was created through literature, art, and film during an angst-ridden period. We hope to find pleasure and fun in our own explorations as well. Readings and discussion will be in Spanish.Prerequisites: SPAN 312 & SPAN 320, or Consent of InstructorMondays, 2:00-4:50 pm; 241 ArmoryCRN: 61601 (Undergrads); 61602 (Grad students)Instructor: Prof. Joyce Tolliver...

This course explores how art and culture represent migration and borders throughout the Americas. In recent years, migration dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean have evolved significantly, presenting challenges for governments and host communities. From South-to-North migration flows to cross-border journeys, economic, social, and political imbalances in Latin American countries have fueled mass migration across the hemisphere. Scholars worldwide, including Gloria Anzaldúa, Glenda R. Carpio, Rossi Braidotti, and Søren Frank, argue that we need a new paradigm to reveal the historical...

This course focuses on how Mexican and Central American communities envision, experience, and coexist in el Norte, the American Southwest, and along the U.S.-Mexico border. The queer Chicana feminist Gloria Anzaldúa describes the U.S.-Mexico border as an open wound: "una herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds" (Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, 25). This dynamic creates a "third space" or "third country" where both worlds merge, resulting in a unique 'border culture' that challenges political, artistic, racial, gender, and sexual norms. ...