LACS 396: Gender and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Course Schedule
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| Date | Preparation and Lesson |
| 1. | |
| Monday, Jan. 7 | Course introduction |
| Wednesday, Jan. 9 | Introduction to central questions in Gender and Sexuality Studies: Read (1) Sylvia Chant, Ch. 6, “Gender and Sexuality,” (2) “Introduction” to Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education, and (3) Javier Corrales’ “Timeline of LBGT Political Landmarks in the Americas”/*All three texts available on Sakai
Introduction to Catalina de Erauso |
| 2. | |
| Monday, Jan. 14 | Read: Erauso, Catalina de, Michele Stepto and Gabri Stepto. The Lieutenant-Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World (pp. 3-54)
Presentation 1: “Gender and Sexuality in Latin America” (Donna J. Guy)/*Sakai |
| Wednesday, Jan. 16 | Continue: Read (pp. 55-80), Erauso, Catalina de, Michele Stepto and Gabri Stepto. The Lieutenant-Nun: Memoir of a Basque Transvestite in the New World
Presentation 2: “Trans Generosity” (Nelson M. Rodriguez)/*Sakai |
| 3. | |
| Monday, Jan. 21: * | Martin Luther King, Jr., Day / Monday class will be held on Friday, Jan. 25 |
| Wednesday, Jan. 23 | 8:00-8:50/Visit of Professor Elizabeth Spragins: Catalina de Erauso
Submit and discuss Film Blog Entry #1 (“Yo, la peor de todas”/ “I, The Worst of All” María Luisa Bemberg, 1990) |
| Friday, Jan. 25 | De la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés. Selected Works. Ed. Edith Grossman. Read: Introduction (Julia Alvarez), Translator’s Note (Edith Grossman), Ballads (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz), and Redondillas (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz).
Presentation 3: “Transnational feminisms in question” (Breny Mendoza)/*Sakai |
| 4. | |
| Monday, Jan. 28 | Continue: De la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés. Selected Works. Ed. Edith Grossman. Become an expert on: one epigram and one décima. Read: Sonnets 145, 146, 147, 164, 187, and 205. |
| Wednesday, Jan. 30 | Continue: De la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés. Selected Works. Ed. Edith Grossman. Read and relate to Bemberg film: A Letter from Sor Filotea to Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Response of the Poet.
Presentation 4: “Privilege” (Blas Radi and Moira Pérez)/*Sakai |
| 5. | |
| Monday, Feb. 4 | Arenas, Reinaldo. Before Night Falls. Penguin, 1994. Read: pp. ix-xvii and pp. 1-93,
9:00 a.m.: Visit of Professor Dick Grefe, Leyburn Senior Librarian and LACS Expert |
| Wednesday, Feb. 6 | Continue: Arenas, Reinaldo. Before Night Falls. Penguin, 1994. Read: pp. 93-201. Post a comment/opinion/observation about the reading. |
| 6. | |
| Monday, Feb. 11 | Continue: Arenas, Reinaldo. Before Night Falls. Penguin, 1994. Read: pp. 201-317.
Presentation 5: “Promoviendo (Promoting)” (Rigoberto Marquez)/*Sakai |
| Wednesday, Feb. 13 | Midterm Exam
Due by 4:00pm; e-mail to Professor Mayock *Submit proposal for final project by Friday, February 15. |
| 7. | |
| Monday, Feb. 25 | Theory. Read and discuss: Nelly Richard, “Intersecting Latin America with Latin Americanism: Academic Knowledge, Theoretical Practice, and Cultural Criticism”
Final Project Workshop: Approval of proposals; plan of action; collection of secondary sources. |
| Wednesday, Feb. 27 | Submit and discuss Film Blog Entry #2 (“Before Night Falls,” Julian Schnabel, 2000)
Gloria Anzaldúa. Selections from Borderlands/La Frontera/*Sakai. Read: Selections on Sakai. |
| 8. | |
| Monday, March 4 | Partnoy, Alicia. The Little School. Tales of Disappearance and Survival. Read: pp. 7-56. |
| Wednesday, March 6 | Continue: Partnoy, Alicia. The Little School. Tales of Disappearance and Survival; Brief documentary on vimeo. Read: pp. 57-82. |
| 9. | |
| Monday, March 11 | Continue: Partnoy, Alicia. The Little School. Tales of Disappearance and Survival. Read: pp. 83-136.
8:45-9:30/Visit of Professor Andrea Lepage: Adriana Corral and the Juárez Femicides. |
| Wednesday, March 13 | Submit and discuss Film Blog Entry #3 (“La historia oficial” [“The Official Story, María Luisa Bemberg, 1985])
Theory. Read and discuss: Marysa Navarro, “Against Marianismo” |
| 10. | |
| Monday, March 18 | Final Project Workshop: Full outline; introduction; next section.
Visit of Fiorela Lewis, Project Horizon; Gender and Sexuality at Project Horizon and in the Immigration Paradigm |
| Wednesday, March 20 | Submit and discuss Film Blog Entry #4 (“Fresa y chocolate” [“Strawberry and Chocolate,” Gutiérrez Alea and Tabío, 1994]) |
| 11. | |
| Monday, March 25 | Cisneros, Sandra. Loose Woman. Choose and become an expert on four poems.
Final Project Workshop: Complete the draft; prepare remarks for “work in progress” presentation on April 3. |
| Wednesday, March 27 | Continue: Cisneros, Sandra. Loose Woman. Choose and become an expert on four more poems.
Submit and discuss Film Blog Entry #5 (“Quinceañera,” Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, 2006) |
| 12. | |
| Monday, April 1 | Final Project Workshop: Final drafts and rehearsal for Wednesday’s presentation.
Course evaluation |
| Wednesday, April 3 | Presentations on final projects |
Final Projects must be submitted by Monday, April 8, 4:00 pm (Tucker 305).