Spanish 230 - TOPC LATIN AMER LIT: DOMESTICA

Topics course. May be repeated once with a different topic.  Normally offered both fall and spring semesters.: This course explores the representation of women’s domestic labor from the thematic perspectives of “precariousness” (a condition and expression of subjectivity under globalization) and “intimacy” (both an experience of affect and a condition of labor) using short fiction, documentary and film from the Spanish-speaking world. Students examine ways women’s transnational domestic labor has shaped new cultural subjects and political identities in the public and private sphere. Students work independently and in groups from the perspective of their choosing (human rights, migration policies, racial and gendered labor regimes, neoliberal reforms and resistance). Enrollment limited to 19. Prerequisite: SPN 220 or equivalent.