SPAN408G

This course explores the discursive construction of the so called "Northern Triangle" of Central America, encompassing primarily El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala and extending into the rest of the isthmus. We will ask how and why this region has been historically represented as a site of violence, insecurity, despair, and e/migration, especially in light of hemispheric economic policies. We will discuss issues of violence, crime, feminicide, impunity, corruption, and human and drug trafficking as well as the struggles for equality, human rights environmental justice, food security, and access to healthcare, education, and employment in the region. Our texts will include novels, short stories, cronica negra, news reporting, films, photography, and trade agreements, among other interdisciplinary resources. Students should expect to participate in a community engagement project. Taught in Spanish.