Last week my friend Marta moved to Sevilla. She was a TA at Mount Holyoke last year, and by chance we found out that we would both be in Sevilla this year. She contacted me and said she was moving to Los Remedios, which is where I live. Turns out she lives about a three minute walk from my house! This past weekend I went with Marta to visit her hometown, Rute, which is south of Cordoba. We had tons of fun! I met her friends and was able to practice my Spanish a bit.
Classes have really picked up now, which I always like. My favorite class is Women Writers of the 20th Century. There are two parts to the class: sociology and literature. Right now we are still in the midst of the sociology part. I am learning so much about the current situation of women in the world. It's heartbreaking to hear about all the legal atrocities going on in today's world, but it is important that we know what is going on. We have been talking about the Law of the Sharia, which permits the lapidation of women. Unfortunately the Law of the Sharia still exists in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. In this class we also discuss la violencia contra la mujer, violence against women. On the website of El País there is a whole section on violence against women. I read an article the other day that reported that in Catalonia alone there are more than 100 calls every day reporting incidents of domestic violence. Last semester at Mount Holyoke my Spanish class was on Gendered Violence: Rape, Assault, and Murder in Medieval to Contemporary Spain. It seems that I will be continuing to study this while I am here.
Thursday night a group of us are headed to Madrid for the long weekend. Be on the lookput for photo updates and more!
1 comment:
It's so great that you saw Marta! It sounds like overall you're having a great time. You should send me the list of books your reading for your classes because I finally have time to read living out in the boonies.
I miss you, PLP!
Nikki
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