Latin American Studies 388s - Postmodernism and Latin America

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Mount Holyoke College

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(Same as History 388f) For many the "discovery"of America opened the modern era. Its closing may also have been foretold in Latin America's confounding of diverse theories of modernization and development in recent times. This seminar will introduce the student to a number of both classic and more recent works on Latin America (in English) that advance along postmodernist lines, ranging from cultural contact and conflict, language, meaning, and power in the sixteenth century, to the invention of national identities in the nineteenth century, to discourses of ethnicity, class, gender, and reason in the twentieth century. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-B requirement L. Gudmundson Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in Latin American studies or related field, or permission of instructor; 4 credits

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8.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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