Witches, Sinners, and Saints

Crosslistings: GNSE 20172/36210, LACS 26212/36212

This course examines representations of women's bodies and sexualities in early modern Iberian and colonial Latin American writings. We will study the body through a variety of lenses: the anatomical body as a site of construction of sexual difference, the witch's body as a site of sexual excess, the mystic's body as a double of the possessed body, the tortured body as a site of knowledge production, and the racialized bodies of women as sites to govern sexuality, spirituality, labor, and property in the reaches of the Spanish Empire.

Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisites
For undergrads, SPAN 20300 or consent of instructor.