| Course Title: Visual Cultures, An Introduction: 'Drama Queens: Love, Heartache and Making a Scene' |
| Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2025 |
| Description: Movies and television in Spanish are known for serving over-the-top drama. From the histrionics of Mexico's sweeping época de oro productions to the telenovelas of today, melodrama has provided an effective means for understanding not only our own personal affliction but also broader societal issues. Star-crossed lovers, family feuds, a mother's sacrifice, and other common tropes become vehicles for articulating and challenging ideas about socio-economic hierarchies, gender and sexuality norms, racialization, and national identity. This course explores such dynamics in iconic box-office hits, popular television serials, and recent streaming content. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Justin Crumbaugh | 413-538-2445 | jcrumbau@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025 | Discussion | Tuesday and Thursday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: SPAN-212. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Taught in Spanish. |
| Course Tags | ||
| LATAM0001 | LATAM: Latin American Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| SPAN-240DQ-01 Drama Queens |
| FMT-230DQ-01 Drama Queens |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 16 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 4 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |