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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2018 |
Registration ID | SPANB209001 |
Course Title | Food and Identity in Spain |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Latin American, Iberian and Latina/o Studies |
Instructor | Song,Rosi |
Times and Days | MW 11:40am-01:00pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1477 This course considers the relationship between the food we eat and our sense of identity in the context of regional identity politics in Spain. We will review the historical tension as they surface in diverse linguistic and cultural communities and currently challenged by the new wave of immigration to the peninsula. Amid this intersection of different cultures and practices, we will study how each region as turned to its traditional cuisine and local culinary products to strengthen their sense of regional identity while strategizing to communicate this uniqueness beyond the brand of "Spain" to the world. We will examine, for instance, how this new trend compares to the tourism industry endorsed by the dictatorship in the 1960s. This discussion will serve as a case study to explore how communities remember and narrate their own histories to themselves and to others, using concepts such as taste, terroir, memory, and identity. Students in the course will view films and read fiction, essays, and culinary essays from around Spain. Prerequisite: SPAN 120 or permission of instructor. Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC). Critical Interpretation (CI). Counts toward Latin American, Iberian and Latina/o Studies. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC), Critical Interpretation (CI); Enrollment Limit: 18; Enrollment Criteria: Major/Minor/Concentration; Placement Exam; Permission of Instructor; |
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