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This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

DESCRIPTION

In this course, the situation of women in the Hispanic Caribbean will be analyzed from the perspective of human development.

For some of the topics covered in this class, there will be a comparative analysis of the situation of women in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The variables of health, education, work, politics, and art will be reviewed as well, in view of these aspects' level of development in the respective countries.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

1. Analyze comparatively the different variables associated with gender in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.
2. Analyze critically the current research related to gender in the Spanish Caribbean.
3. Compare the indicators of human development in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, and visualize those elements that affect the differences.

CONTENTS

Unit 1: Historical development.

1. Feminism and the Women's Movement: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
2. Identity, race, and gender in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

Unit 2: Index of gender advancement.

1. Education.
2. Health.
3. Domestic violence.

Unit 3: Economy and work.

1. Informal sector.
2. Agriculture.
3. Local and international migration.
4. Sex workers.

Unit 4: Family.

1. Typologies of families.
2. Leadership of the home.

Unit 5: Politics and processes of empowerment.

1. Participation in politics.
2. Women as community activists.

Unit 6: Women and Art.

1. Women as writers.
2. Women in the plastic arts.
3. Women and other artistic manifestations.

EVALUATION:

Field work
Written reports
Small group discussion
Partial
Total

Note: The evaluation proposed here may change since it will be defined based on the methodology used, that is, if the class follows a seminar format with a course coordinator, then the professor should define the criteria of evaluation.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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Bobes, M. (1995). Alguien tiene que llorar. Cuento casa de las Américas. Ediciones Casa de las Américas.

Colón M., Delgado. (1995). Antología de Literatura Hispánica. España: Editorial Plaza Mayor, Talleres Gráficos Peñalosa.

Diagnóstico de Género en la Reforma y Modernización. (2000). Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo. Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas.

Ferré, R. (1984). La Sartén por el mango. Primera edición. Ediciones Huracán, Inc.

Mata, M.; Pola, M. J. (2001). Sistematización de casos de Violencia Doméstica en República Dominicana. Santo Domingo: OXFAM.

Mujeres como Islas. (2002). Antología de Narradoras cubanas, dominicanas y puertorriqueñas. Cuba: Ediciones Unión.

Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo. (2001). Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano. Estados Unidos.

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Revista Género y Sociedad. Volumen 2 #3 enero – abril 1995.
Revista Género y Sociedad. Volumen 3 #1 mayo – agosto 1995.
Ciencia y Sociedad. Volumen XIII, No. 1 enero – marzo 1988.