PEOPLES OF LATIN AMERICA
Course Description:
This advanced common
curriculum course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to modern Latin
America—its social, economic, political, and cultural structures and practices.
The course aims to help students develop the analytical skills necessary to
better understand and appreciate the region’s rich diversity and complexity,
including its relationship to the U.S. and the world-system. This semester the
course will focus on Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, and Brazil.
Course Materials:
The following required texts can be purchased at the Loyola bookstore:
·
T. Skidmore
and P. Smith, Modern Latin America (5th edition).
Oxford Univ. Press 2001.
·
J. A. Hellman,
Mexican Lives. The New Press, 1994.
·
M. Guzmán
Bouvard, Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
SR Books, 1994.
Cover design from Edward
J. Sullivan, Latin American Art in
the 20th Century, from which the illustrations herein are taken.
Assignments:
2 analytical essays @ 15 points = 30 points
6 quizzes @ 5 points = 30 points
Mid-term exam = 20 points
Final
exam = 20 points
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