Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Revolutions and Dictatorships, 1959-present

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this course, participating students will analyze how ideas about gender and sexuality influenced the left-wing revolutionary movements and right-wing military dictatorships in Latin America since 1959, considering both the political history and the lived experiences of contemporaneous individuals in cases such as Cuba, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and Nicaragua, among others. The class methodology is based on lectures, reading of bibliography and historical documents, and analysis of historical films and documentaries. Students in this course will demonstrate their understanding and analytical interpretation skills through writing reports on the course material, and as a final project, the creation of a scrapbook of a historical figure, recounting their experiences in terms of gender and sexuality.