SPA 386 - U.S. Caribbean Female Writers (1)

Can we speak about a continental Caribbean? Can indigenous territories also be part of the Caribbean imaginary? How do we understand race, class, and gender in the island-nations regions? This course examines representations of crisis, body, and space in female/queer Caribbean narratives. We will focus on digital and printed cultural production from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Students taking this class will also discuss and analyze representations of the Caribbean diaspora in the United States and the connections or disconnections with the Caribbean archipelago. This course will offer a foundation on mid-20 and 21st-century female Caribbean thought and will ask students to think critically about the region and the complexities of the “island-mainland dynamics.” Prerequisite(s): SPA 311
(Humanities)