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SPA 335 - Border Cultures
Border Cultures & Shifting Frontiers Prerequisite: LAC Student with T1A, T1LT, T1H or T1SS course or ELAC student The surge in immigration and the constant shuffle of ideas and goods along the United States and Mexico border (following the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994) fueled the dreams, hopes, and fears associated with open markets, porous borders, and the coexistence of diverse societies. Drawing on a variety of texts, including Iberian, Latin American, and Latino literature, history, and film, in this course we investigate the issues arising from social interactions along borders and boundaries of various types. These issues encompass, though are not limited to religious, linquistic, gendered, and sexual differences. Among the course texts are included accounts of the interactions between Christian and Muslim Iberians and Spanish soldiers and Amerindian societies. The readings will also include landmark writings by Chicana authors, and contemporary novels about the impact of narco-culture on the production of gendered identities and the relation between humans and the environment. Novels and short stories include the work of Roberto Bolano (2666: A Novel), J. Pablo Villalobos (Down the Rabbit Hole), and Carlos Fuentes (The Crystal Frontier). Other texts studied include film, documentaries, and music. This course is taught in English. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Seminar World Language and Cultures Department Course Attributes: LAC T2CP-Cultural Perspective Prerequisites: Prerequisite LAC T2CP General Requirements: ( Course Attribute: T1A May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course Attribute: T1LT May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course Attribute: T1H May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course Attribute: T1SS May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( May not be taken concurrently. )

SPA 335 - Border Cultures

Border Cultures & Shifting Frontiers
Prerequisite: LAC Student with T1A, T1LT, T1H or T1SS course or ELAC student

The surge in immigration and the constant shuffle of ideas and goods along the United States and Mexico border (following the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994) fueled the dreams, hopes, and fears associated with open markets, porous borders, and the coexistence of diverse societies. Drawing on a variety of texts, including Iberian, Latin American, and Latino literature, history, and film, in this course we investigate the issues arising from social interactions along borders and boundaries of various types. These issues encompass, though are not limited to religious, linquistic, gendered, and sexual differences. Among the course texts are included accounts of the interactions between Christian and Muslim Iberians and Spanish soldiers and Amerindian societies. The readings will also include landmark writings by Chicana authors, and contemporary novels about the impact of narco-culture on the production of gendered identities and the relation between humans and the environment. Novels and short stories include the work of Roberto Bolano (2666: A Novel), J. Pablo Villalobos (Down the Rabbit Hole), and Carlos Fuentes (The Crystal Frontier). Other texts studied include film, documentaries, and music. This course is taught in English.

3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Seminar

World Language and Cultures Department

Course Attributes:
LAC T2CP-Cultural Perspective

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite LAC T2CP

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Course Attribute: T1A
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