Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

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SPAN0343A-F16

Comparative Borderlands

Comparative Borderlands: Feminist Cultural Politics of Latin@ and Filipin@ Diasporas
Is it productive to think of Filipinos as the lost “Latinos of Asia”? In this course we will think through borders formed through the political convulsions of U.S. and Spanish imperialisms. Conventionally understood as discrete formations, this course will bring the American Borderlands and the Hispanic Philippines into a transpacific and transnational feminist conversation. Centering the radical heterogeneity of Filipin@ and Latin@ diasporas, we will examine culture as sites of struggle offering ways of thinking comparatively across time, space, language and colonialism as well as through dimensions of difference like class, race, gender, sexuality, and ability. 3 hrs. sem.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
92569
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
0343
Section Identifier:
A

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SPAN 0343

All Sections in Fall 2016

Fall 2016

SPAN0343A-F16 Seminar (Coráñez Bolton)