Women and Society in Chile
Course Description:
In history, the course seeks to examine the Chilean society from the field of study of women. The approach focuses on several key debates, including the relationship between gender and status, and political hegemony, sexuality and work, national history and transnational studies. Therefore, the course includes changes in methodologies and intellectual and political targets during the last two decades that have affected both historiography and other social sciences. In literature, the course will analyze a representative sample of narrative and lyrical works by Chilean authors, in order to study some representations of women in the framework of collective social imaginary.
In history, the course seeks to examine the Chilean society from the field of study of women. The approach focuses on several key debates, including the relationship between gender and status, and political hegemony, sexuality and work, national history and transnational studies. Therefore, the course includes changes in methodologies and intellectual and political targets during the last two decades that have affected both historiography and other social sciences. In literature, the course will analyze a representative sample of narrative and lyrical works by Chilean authors, in order to study some representations of women in the framework of collective social imaginary.
Course Reflective Narrative:
I took this course in Fall 2014, during my first semester of studying abroad in Chile. One of the main reasons I chose this course is because it would give me more knowledge of society and women roles in Chile so that I could gain a better understanding of how Chilean society works. Because of this, it fulfills the MLO 3, which is Literary and Cultural Knowledge. As it says in the course description, this course was all about the relationship of women in Chilean society and how gender and status effected that through the history and development of the country. This course, much like other courses at CSU Monterey Bay, was a small class of about 30 students and was taught all in Spanish.
This course really benefited me in understanding the development of the country and how women were accepted and viewed in Chilean society, which overall helped me better accustom myself to life in Chile.
I find this knowledge to be very helpful as I move forward with my Spanish career because it helps me understand the history of a country and inspires me to learn more about the history of other cultures and countries. As a woman, it also helped me see how all over the world there are different view on gender roles and how society thinks each gender should be acting and what is acceptable for them as jobs.
Attached below is my final essay I wrote for the class in which I discussed women in Chile and how at the turn of the century women were given the rights to be part of the work force in Chile.
I took this course in Fall 2014, during my first semester of studying abroad in Chile. One of the main reasons I chose this course is because it would give me more knowledge of society and women roles in Chile so that I could gain a better understanding of how Chilean society works. Because of this, it fulfills the MLO 3, which is Literary and Cultural Knowledge. As it says in the course description, this course was all about the relationship of women in Chilean society and how gender and status effected that through the history and development of the country. This course, much like other courses at CSU Monterey Bay, was a small class of about 30 students and was taught all in Spanish.
This course really benefited me in understanding the development of the country and how women were accepted and viewed in Chilean society, which overall helped me better accustom myself to life in Chile.
I find this knowledge to be very helpful as I move forward with my Spanish career because it helps me understand the history of a country and inspires me to learn more about the history of other cultures and countries. As a woman, it also helped me see how all over the world there are different view on gender roles and how society thinks each gender should be acting and what is acceptable for them as jobs.
Attached below is my final essay I wrote for the class in which I discussed women in Chile and how at the turn of the century women were given the rights to be part of the work force in Chile.
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