LAIS 201 - Writing,Power,and Resistance in Indigenous Latin America

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

This course examines the changing rapports among political authority, social status, and the use of pictographic and alphabetic writing in indigenous societies in pre- Columbian, colonial, and national Latin America. It explores the appropriation of alphabetical writing by preexisting historical and ritual genres, traces the emergence of novel colonial genres-legal records, annals, devotional writings, etc.-and considersthe social and political aims that these native genres served. Readings include translations of recent works in Nahuatl, Quechua, Yucatec Maya, Quiché, Zapotec, and Spanish.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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