This course moves beyond notions of passing as deceit or cheating to instead analyze how, at various moments between the Early Modern and contemporary period, representations of passing illustrate shifting attitudes about social privilege based on identity categories. We’ll consider fictional and non-fictional representations of individuals who pass across lines separating categories of gender, class/ stratum, and “raza.” Focus is on Iberian texts, but for their final projects, students may analyze any text written in Spanish or another Iberian language, from any period.
Conducted in Spanish.
Prerequisite: Corresponding introductory course at the 400-level, or consent of instructor.
MW 2:00-3:20 pm; 1126 LCLB
CRN: 69404
Instructor: Joyce Tolliver