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Academic Year 2003/2004
Images of Women in Spanish Film
SPAN 246 SP
This course provides a panoramic exploration of cultural and cinematic constructions of femininity in Spanish Film of the twentieth century. The course starts with cinema of the early part of the century, looks at films
from before the Civil War (1936-39) and during the Franco era (1939-1975), and concludes with a close examination of films of the post-Franco period. Special attention will be given to the social roles assigned to women
by partiarchal society and the manner in which those roles are represented in film, the use of cinema stars as vehicles of mystification and idealization, and the new agency and visibilty that women achieve for
themselves
both as social subjects and, more particularly, as filmmakers in the 1980s and 90s. Finally, the course seeks to bridge Spanish cultural perspectives and feminist film theories.
MAJOR READINGS
Course Reader/Manual de Lecturas (ML)
Helen Graham and Jo Labanyi, Eds. SPANISH CULTURAL STUDIES: AN INTRODUCTION. NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. (SCS)
Anny Brooksbank Jones, WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY SPAIN.
Manchester & New York: Manchester
University Press, 1997. (WCS)
Susan Martin-Marquez, FEMINIST DISCOURSE & SPANISH CINEMA. SIGHT UNSEEN. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. (Recommended)
Isolina Ballestros, CINE (INS)URGENTE. TEXTOS FILMICOS
Y CONTEXTOS CULTURALES DE LA ESPANA
POSFRANQUISTA. Madrid: fundamentos, 2001. (Recommended)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Films are viewed outside the class at the Media Center. Classes are devoted to discussion of films and texts.
Students will write 4 written reports (2 pages) analyzing 4 of the films included in the syllabus.
Every student will be assigned to
lead the discussion of one of the written reports. Students will write a final paper of 8-10 pages analyzing one (or more) of the films or comparing one of the films included in the syllabus with one of the optional
films.
Grading: Class
preparation/participation: 30%, oral presentation: 15%, written reports, 25%, final paper: 30%.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA SPAN
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Ballesteros,Isolina
- Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK302
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5
- SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 4 SO: 2 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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