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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Covers the survival, revival, and invention of religious traditions in ancient and contemporary Mesoamerica. Examines indigenous and immigrant religions through themes such as myths and rituals of pre-Columbian peoples; sexuality and eroticism in religion; Indian theology and theogony; Counter Reformation Catholicism; and growing religious syncretisms. Cross-listed with RLST 138.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A comparative examination of central issues in and components of Latin American political life, including economic development, regimes and alliances, guerrilla wars, the armed forces, human rights, and democratic consolidation. Countries studied include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, and Cuba. Cross-listed with POSC 162.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of contemporary Mexican politics. Emphasis is on recent economic and social changes and their impact on Mexico's political system. Topics include relations with the United States, the rise of drug trafficking in Mexico, and the recent emergence of opposition politics. Cross-listed with POSC 158.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Reading, in-depth analysis, and discussion of contemporary Latin American novels in translation and Chicano novels, based on a consideration of their salient, formal, and thematic concerns. Cross-listed with ETST 153.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H or consent of instructor. Reviews the historical processes and regional circumstances that have governed relations between indigenous peoples and Latin American states. Studies concepts of nationalism, ethnicity, and the state in the context of indigenous efforts to resist assimilation and to gain limited autonomy. Compares with the problems and prospects of multiethnic societies worldwide. Cross-listed with ANTH 161.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Discusses the role and contribution of Latin American and Caribbean women within their societies. The effects of national economic development policies upon their status and their participation in and integration into the policy-making process are emphasized. Cross-listed with ANTH 164 and WMST 164.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An interdisciplinary course focusing on the study of the relation between human communities and the environment in Latin America. Examines environmental problems and policies. Cross-listed with ANTH 186.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An overview of the Caribbean region from a historical, cultural, and political perspective. Emphasis on contemporary issues affecting the Caribbean, and the struggle of its people to maintain their identities. Cross-listed with ANTH 168 and ETST 148.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A history of Latin America from pre- Columbian times to independence with an emphasis upon selected themes concerning the social, economic, and cultural aspects of colonialism. Cross-listed with HISA 160.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topics include the breakdown of political order and the problem of the nation-state, liberalism and conservatism, slavery and abolition, foreign intervention and capital investment, the reemergence of political order in the Age of Liberalism (1860-1900), and social and cultural change. Cross-listed with HISA 161.
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