SPLT 58 - (LT) The Empire Writes Back: Autobiography and Resistance in Colonial Spanish America
Semester Hours:3Periodically
The course provides a new interpretation of Spanish American Colonial
experience, examining resistance and subversion in the imperial context
through the prism of autobiography. Themes include intellectual,
ideological and spiritual subversion; resistance to slavery; gender
transgression; and re-negotiation of power within the patriarchal
family and nation. Students examine the role of memoirs, travel
accounts, private and public letters, and other autobiographical
resources as part of a history of self-exploration and awareness.