SPAN 154 SC -Trans-Caribbean Formations

Institution: Scripps

Description: This course will explore questions of identity formations and translations during different historical time periods in the Caribbean. We will pay close attention to how conceptualizations of blackness are deployed-simultaneously highlighted and erased-during different iterations of nation-building projects in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. We will also explore the place of indigenous peoples in Caribbean national imaginaries. Our studies of novels, short stories, political essays, films, and other audiovisual materials will allow us to analyze how the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality are “translated” into Caribbean identity formation both nationally and transnationally. Prerequisite: Spanish 44