SPAN 326

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Latin America Cultural Studies II

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Credit: 3 hours.

Panoramic view of Latin American cultures since the end of the colonial period (roughly 1820) to the present. Examination of the major debates, authors and cultural issues that shaped those cultures or that were shaped by them. Specific themes may vary by semester, and may include the following: slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism, revolution, mestizaje, gender, the state, and modernization. Analysis will include diverse cultural phenomena, as well as consideration of cultural perspectives and practices.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours, if topics vary. Prerequisite: SPAN 228.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	53123	Lecture-Discussion	B	9:00AM -9:50AM	MWF	1048 Foreign Languages Building	Fornoff, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Title: Lat Amer Cultural Studies II Section Info: TOPIC TITLE: Beyond the Human: Animals in Latin American Culture The anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss once remarked that animals are “good to think with.” His implication was that the mute inaccessibility of animals makes them a perfect imaginative space for exploring what it means to be human. In this course, we will study representations of animals in Latin American culture and examine why writers and artists “thought with animals” to work through human questions of gender, race, and sexuality. Specifically, we will look at topics including metamorphosis, pets, evolution, indigenous cosmologies, and the consumption of animals as meat. Through the lens of the nonhuman animal, students will be introduced to different questions that preoccupied thinkers in 20th and 21st century Latin America. Students must meet the prerequisite requirements for this course (found in the Catalog Entry) or will be told to drop on the first day of classes. Non-registered students are not allowed to sit in or audit.
	55573	Lecture-Discussion	F	2:00PM -2:50PM	MWF	212 Davenport Hall	Fornoff, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/18-12/12/18 Section Title: Lat Amer Cultural Studies II Section Info: TOPIC TITLE: Beyond the Human: Animals in Latin American Culture The anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss once remarked that animals are “good to think with.” His implication was that the mute inaccessibility of animals makes them a perfect imaginative space for exploring what it means to be human. In this course, we will study representations of animals in Latin American culture and examine why writers and artists “thought with animals” to work through human questions of gender, race, and sexuality. Specifically, we will look at topics including metamorphosis, pets, evolution, indigenous cosmologies, and the consumption of animals as meat. Through the lens of the nonhuman animal, students will be introduced to different questions that preoccupied thinkers in 20th and 21st century Latin America. Students must meet the prerequisite requirements for this course (found in the Catalog Entry) or will be told to drop on the first day of classes. Non-registered students are not allowed to sit in or audit.