History 152 - Death and Dying in Latin America

Institution:

Allegheny College

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Description:

An introductory survey of Latin American cultural history through an examination of death. Topics might include the concepts of "political suicide" and the "political funeral," the 19th-century fad for photographs of dead babies, counter-revolutionary death squads in 20th-century Central America and elsewhere, cemetery architecture and funeral rituals among Native American peoples before and after the Conquest, starvation in Brazil's urban slums, Catholic responses to extreme poverty, witchcraft and folk medicines of the colonial era, and violence in the mass media. Open to first-year students and sophomores on

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.allegheny.edu

Phone Number:

(814) 332-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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