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  • LTAM 200: Issues in Latin American Studies

    This required course for Latin American Studies concentrators and majors explores issues pertinent to the study of Latin America, including an examination of what constitutes Latin American area studies and Latin America itself, the history of the field, the perception in and outside of academia, the way such perceptions shape public policy, the contributions of Latin America to the arts, culture, economics, and the changing nature of Latin American Studies in the face of globalization. Designed by the faculty in Latin American Studies, the course will include regular guest lectures from among these faculty. Prerequisite: History 170. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Spring 2008 -- A. Falcόn

  • LTAM 370: Brazil Culture and Politics

    This course will focus in depth on political and historical patterns of Brazil's economic, social, and cultural development from colonial times to its current democracy. The Brazil case study offers a wealth of lessons concerning the contradictions and possibilities of economic, social, and cultural development in the world today. We will explore these lessons through literature, music, architecture, and the arts as they speak to the perils of the country's insertion into global capitalism and to its political history which reflects the difficulties of creating and deepening democracy and building centers of political authority in the context of growing social inequalities and industrialization. Prerequisite: Latin American Studies 200. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2007 -- S. López, A. Montero

  • LTAM 371: Brazil Research Seminar

    Brazil research on-site in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, November 26-December 7, 2007. Writing and presentation of research projects during winter term. Prerequisite: Latin American Studies 370. 6; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Winter 2008 -- S. López, A. Montero

  • LTAM 398: Latin American Forum

    This colloquium will explore specific issues or works in Latin American Studies through discussion of a common reading, public presentation, project, and/or performance. Students will be required to attend several meetings throughout the term, culminating in a forum with program faculty to discuss the common reading or other material. A short integrative essay or report will be required at the end of the term. Intended as capstone for senior Latin American Studies concentrators. 2; S/CR/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Spring 2008 -- S. Lόpez

  • LTAM 400: Integrative Exercise

    Satisfactory completion of the major includes the writing of a thesis which attempts to integrate at least two of the various disciplines studied. A proposal must be submitted for approval early in the fall term of the senior year. The thesis in its final form is due no later than the end of the first week of spring term. An oral defense of the thesis is required. 6; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Spring 2008 -- Staff

Related Courses

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development*

HIST 169 Colonial Latin America, 1492-1810 (Not offered in 2007-2008)

HIST 170 Modern Latin America 1810-Present

HIST 172 Introduction to Andean Social History (Not offered in 2007-2008)

HIST 272 The Emergence of Modern Mexico

HIST 276 African Diaspora in Latin America

HIST 278 Religion and Identity in Latin American History (Not offered in 2007-2008)

MUSC 243 Music of the Caribbean (Not offered in 2007-2008)

POSC 221 Latin American Politics (Not offered in 2007-2008)

POSC 233 The Global Resurgence of Democracy* (Not offered in 2007-2008)

POSC 322 Political Economy of Latin America (Not offered in 2007-2008)

RELG 227 Liberation Theologies*

SOAN 130 Population and Food in the Global System* (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SOAN 234 Ecology, Economy, and Culture*

SOAN 250 Ethnography of Latin America (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SOAN 259 Comparative Issues in Native North America* (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SOAN 302 Anthropology and Indigenous Rights* (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SOAN 312 Actors and Issues in Contemporary Third World "Development"* (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 207 Exploring Hispanic Culture (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 242 Introduction to Latin American Literature

SPAN 246 Introduction to Mexican Literature: The Twentieth Century

SPAN 248 Drama and Performance in Latin America (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 255 Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflicts

SPAN 326 Writers in Exile (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 334 Texts and Nations: Nineteenth Century Latin America (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 336 Genealogies of the Modern: Turn of the Century Latin America

SPAN 340 Latin American Prose: Dictatorships and Revolution in the Latin American Narrative (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 344 Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre (Not offered in 2007-2008)

SPAN 350 Recent Trends in Latin American Narrative: Pop Culture and Testimony

SPAN 358 Topics in Hispanic Literature: The Spanish Civil War