CAS 365 Changing Roles of Central American Women
Preparatory: completion of the lower division writing requirement, and either CAS 100, 102 or permission of instructor.
A comparative examination of the shifting cultural, political, economic and sex / gender roles that have shaped the lives of Central American women, including women's roles prior to and after the revolutionary movements. Also includes discussions of women activists and women's movements in various Central American communities both in the United States and in Central America; the search of Central American women for identity in the United States; and women's contributions to art, music, poetry, literature, politics, and culture.
Available for GE credit, section F.2, Comparative Cultural Studies.