An overview of the role that music, lyrics, and related cultural practices have played in Iberian societies from the Middle Ages until the present.

Students will work in translating from English into Spanish Holyoke Health?s web site while also studying the challenges and responsibilities of working as civically-engaged volunteers in an urban community health services setting.

This course is an introduction to the literature, art and culture of the Hispanic Caribbean, both insular and continental. Analysis and discussion on the main authors and artists from the region, in order to explore intersections between literature, art, history and geo-political situation.

This course examines the mapping of race, gender, and sexuality onto Latinx bodies in popular culture. Working chronologically from the early 20th century to the present, we will examine popular depictions of Latinx people in television, film, music, and print culture. In particular, we will analyze how moral panic has been historically displaced onto Latinx bodies - from Carmen Miranda to Alicia Machado. We will also consider Latinx bodies as agents of resistance to normative discourses, such as those of purity, cleanliness, and religiosity.

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This course is specifically designed to meet the needs of students interested in health care professions to increase fluency in the language through a variety of written and oral practices.