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Courses
Anthropology
3153 Black Atlantic: Anthropology of the African Diaspora (3)
Meets with ANTH 6153. Anthropological perspective on people of African descent in the United States, Caribbean, Latin America, and South Africa. Begin by looking at the three sides of Atlantic slavery: Western Europe, West and Southern Africa, and slave societies of the New World and South Africa. Examine "maroon" societies founded by fugitive slaves, the threat of slave revolution in the age of American revolutions, and politics of racial categorization and stratification in the aftermath of slavery. Finally, we take a comparative approach to language, the family, sexuality, conflict and class, religion, arts and ideologies among these cultures. FULFILLS INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENT
3154 Brazilian Culture (3)
Meets with ANTH 6154. An introduction to the culture of Brazil. Consideration of Brazil as a multicultural society, comparing it to other major settler societies of the New World, including the U.S. and the rest of Latin America. We will consider Indian societies before and after contact, and we will compare slavery in the U.S. and Brazil. Why have race relations and definitions of race have developed differently in the two countries? We will look at authority, class, and violence. We will examine the culture of religion, sexuality, Carnival, music, and the media.
3211 Biology of Native Americans (3)
Meets with ANTH 5211. Origin, population history, child growth, health, anthropometry, demography, and genetics of North and South American Indians. Biological variation and adaptation of Native American groups in pre-contact era, biological effects of European contact, and subsequent biological responses to modernization.
Art History
3510 Latin American Art and Visual Culture (3)
Prerequisite: ARTH 2500.
Topics in Latin American art and visual culture from pre-Columbian times through the 20th century.
4520 Topics in Brazilian Art
This class will investigate Brazilian artistic production from the 1600s to the present. The course is oriented around the role of different institutions such as the church, slavery, the art academy, the state, and museums in the construction of a national identity within Brazilian Art. We will begin with the Portuguese encounter of the New World and investigate the role of the church in Brazilian colonial art not only as the impetus behind a lavish and prolific Baroque art movement, but also as a lens into the state of race relations. We will then look at the role of foreign artists such as Eckhout and Post and later Deberet in representing Afro-Brazilians and slavery to European audiences. We will address the question of gender in the institution of the art academy during the 19th century, and the role of nationalism in inaugurating Brazilian modernism. Finally, we will look at the institution of the museum and the São Paulo Bienal and their role in the rise of the internationalist aesthetic of geometric abstraction.
Economics
5460 Latin American Economic History and Development (3)
Prerequisite: ECON 2010 and 2020 or ECON 1010 and instructor's consent. Recommended Prerequisite: ECON 5530. Fulfills Upper Division Communication/Writing.
Meets with ECON 6460. Graduate students should register for ECON 6460 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. Historic and contemporary economic problems in Latin America from the conquest to the present dependency, independence, and integration into world economy. Emphasis on new forms of dependency in the macro economy and on contemporary domestic social problems.
History
1300 Latin American Civilization to the 1820s (3)
Cross listed as UGS 1300. Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
First half of two-semester course. This course introduces students to central themes in Latin American civilization from the time of the Columbian voyages to the movements for independence in the 1820s.
1310 Latin American Civilization Since the 1820s (3)
Cross listed as UGS 1310. Fulfills Humanities Exploration.
Second half of two-semester course. This course introduces students to central themes in Latin American civilization from the movements for independence in the 1820s to the present.
Portuguese
3050 Topics in Literature and Culture (3)
This course focuses on a specific topic in Portuguese-language literature and culture. It introduces students to Portuguese-language literature. Topics may include themes such as contemporary life, cinema and literature, or genres such as the novel or short story. Students will be given opportunities to use and expand their speaking, reading and writing skills.
3580 Contemporary Issues (3)
Prerequisite: Portuguese 2020 or equivalent.
Introduction to historical, political, social, economic and cultural issues affecting Brazil. The goal of the course is to use and expand the students' Portuguese language skills (speaking, comprehension, reading and writing) while discussing current affairs in Brazil. Course taught in Portuguese.
Political Science
3500 Democracy in Latin America (3)
An examination of the new cases of democracy in Latin America in terms of their causes and their consequences.
3550 Comparative Politics of Latin American (3)
This course is designed to be a survey of the government and politics of Latin America countries, highlighting important issues common to countries in the region such as transition from authoritarianism, economic reforms and change, environmental politics, human rights, quality of democracy, revolts and revolutions, poverty and protest, etc.
5350 Politics of poverty in Latin America (3)
An examination of the causes of poverty found in selected Latin America countries and of different public policies intended to relieve such poverty.
UPON APPROVAL ONLY
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
4975 Comparative Approaches to Latin America (3)
This course critically examines Latin American cultural production from comparative and cultural studies perspectives. Interdisciplinary and transnational or transoceanic approaches to aesthetic, political and philosophical issues will be addressed. May be taken more than once when topic varies. This is a special topics course, and the title and description will change each time it's offered.
Art History
4510 Special Topics in Latin American Art and Visual Culture (3)
Prerequisite: ARTH 2500.
Meets with ARTH 6510. Special Topics in Latin American art and visual culture.
4590 Senior Seminar in Latin American Art and Visual Culture (3)
Prerequisite: Instructor's consent.
Meets with ARTH 6880. Senior seminar in Latin American art and visual culture.