SPAN 463 A: Romani/Gypsy Culture in Spain and the Hispanic World -- Fifteenth Century to the Present

Development of Roma people from their arrival in Spain as persecuted minority in the fifteenth century to the present in the Hispanic world. Explores creation of international stereotypes based on fictional representations. Musical, literary, cultural, and historical works; materials developed by Gypsies as response to marginalized figure conceived by non-Gypsy artists. Prerequisite: either SPAN 310, SPAN 311, or SPAN 314; recommended: coursework in either Spanish, Spanish literature and culture, Race Studies, Romani studies, or early modern and colonial history and society. Offered: Sp.