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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. O'NEILL BLACKER-HANSON. Introduces students to the history of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to about 1825. Traces developments fundamental to the establishment of colonial rule, drawing out regional comparisons of indigenous resistance and accommodation. Topics include the nature of indigenous societies encountered by Europeans; exploitation of African and Indian labor; evangelization and the role of the church; the evolution of race, gender, and class hierarchies in colonial society; and the origins of independence in Spanish America and Brazil. (Same as History 252.)
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3.00 Credits
d.Land and Labor in Latin America
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3.00 Credits
d.Contemporary Argentina
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3.00 Credits
d.Modern Latin America
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3.00 Credits
d-IP.Environment and Society in Latin America
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. O'NEILL BLACKER-HANSON. Examines efforts toward revolutionary change in twentieth-century Latin America, placing such efforts in both their national and international historic context. Analyzes significant (complementary or competing) revolutionary theories, and then assesses their applicability to particular revolutionary movements. Students will be encouraged to explore both "successful" and "failed" revolutionary movements, including but not limited to Mexi(1910), Bolivia (1952), Cuba (1959), Chile (1971), Peru (1980s) and Nicaragua (1979). In the process, orthodox definitions of key terms, including "revolutionary" and "successful" wibe challenged. Class, gender, power relations, foreign intervention, violence and popular media are among the components discussed. (Same as History 258.)
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3.00 Credits
Spring 2007. KRISTA VAN VLEET. (Same as Anthropology 25.)
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3.00 Credits
d.Reading Poetry in the Americas
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. ENRIQUE YEPES. An introduction to the cultural production of United States-based creators of Hispanic origin including art and film, but especially poetry, essay, and narrative written in or translated into Spanish. Topics include a historical overview of the diverse Hispanic presence in North America from the sixteenth century to the present; major trends in the conceptualization of this presence such as assimilation, resistance, hyphenated identities, bilingualism and global citizenship; and its tense dialogue with Latin American works and audiences. Works by álvarez, Anzaldúa, Cisneros, Hinojosa, Ortiz-Cofer, Paz Soldán, Pérez-Firmat, Valdés, Villanueva, among others. (Same as Spanish 331.) Prerequisite: Two of the following: Spanish 207, 208, 209, 210, or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Fall 2006. ST ¦PHANIE B éRARD. Analysis of modern and contemporary theater written by Caribbean playwrights (Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Haiti) as well as by Francophone African writers (Benin and Ivory Coast). Examines issues of colonialism and postcolonialism; reappropriation of history; exile and immigration; and tensions between race, gender, and social classes through subversive theatrical works that challenge Western literary canons. Readings include Aimé and Ina Césaire, Maryse Condé, Gerty Dambury, Koffi Kwahulé, José Pliya. The playoriginally written in French, are read and analyzed in English. (Same as Africana Studies 334.) Prerequisite: At least one 200-level course in Africana Studies or Latin American Studies, or permission of the instructor.
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