Spanish 250RE - Concepts and Practices of Power: 'Exploring Puerto Rican Resilience: Challenges, Migratory Waves, and Resistance'
Puerto Rican Resilience
Spring
2025
01
4.00
Dimaris Barrios-Beltrán
TTH 10:30AM-11:45AM
Mount Holyoke College
126871
Clapp Laboratory 218
dbarrios@mtholyoke.edu
This course explores the complex interplay of historical, social, political, and geographic factors that have shaped Puerto Rican society and culture. It focuses on the enduring resilience and unwavering resistance that define the Puerto Rican experience, tracing their evolution through colonization, invasion, incorporation into the United States, natural disasters, and sociopolitical challenges. Additionally, this course examines the impact of these characteristics on migration patterns and diaspora communities, both within the United States and in Latin American societies.
Prereq: SPAN-212.
Taught in Spanish.