HISP 417 - Saints, Sinners and Other Cursed Women in Early Modern Spain and the Spanish Americas

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD

Between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Early Modern Spain and the Spanish Americas increased the regulatory measures that defined women?s behavior regarding virtue and deviance. This course examines these changes and the way they determined how women negotiated, manipulated and circumvented mechanisms of control. Readings include Teresa de Jesús, María De Zayas, Catalina de Erauso and Sor Juana; as well as inquisitorial records, normative manuals, and the analysis of visual texts. Taught in Spanish.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: A. Diaz Burgos
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites and notes: Two Spanish-taught 300-Level Courses