IAS 461 - Latin American Cultural Studies: Critical and Theoretical Approaches

Institution:
Washington University in St Louis
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Description:
The goal of the course is to provide students with critical and theoretical tools that could be used for the analysis of Latin-American cultural history from a transdisciplinary perspective, from colonial times to the present. Some of the concepts discussed in class are: colonialism and coloniality, national culture, dependency theory, cultural antropofagia, lettered city, miscegenation, heterogeneity, hybridity, transculturation, peripheral modernity, media and mediation, postmodernity, postcoloniality, and collective memory.
Credits:
3.00
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Instructional Type:
Lecture
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Phone Number:
(314) 935-5000
Regional Accreditation:
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar System:
Semester

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