RACE, GENDER, CLASS, & ENVIRONMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICAN CULTURES

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This class explores the diverse cultures and complex histories of the seven Central American countries: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize. This panoramic course discusses Central American literature, visual culture, and music with a special emphasis on topics such as race, gender, class, environment, geopolitics, revolution, trauma, and migration. Taught in Spanish. Previously offered as SPPO 356. Mutually exclusive. Credit cannot be earned for SPAN 356 if student has previously taken SPPO 356.