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LAST300
Power and Resistance in Latin America
LAST300 SP
Crosslistings: HIST320
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 19 19 0
An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on political
structures and resistance movements and incorporating the
discourses of literature and history. Beginning with the
Mexican Revolution, the course will examine other moments
in contemporary Latin American history which have been
characterized by overt and covert struggles over power.
MAJOR READINGS
ADDITIONAL TEXTS TO BE ADDED, DEPENDING ON
AVAILABILITY.
Manuel Puig - KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Carlos Fuentes - DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ
John Womack - ZAPATA AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
Hugo Blanco, LAND OR DEATH
Mario Vargas Llosa, THE LIFE STORY OF ALEJANDRO MAYTA
Deborah Poole and Gerardo Renique, PERU: TIME OF FEAR
Fidel Castro, HISTORY WILL ABSOLVE ME and NOTHING CAN STOP
THE COURSE OF HISTORY
Jacobo Timerman, PRISONER WITHOUT A NAME, CELL WITHOUT A
NUMBER
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Five short papers; one class
presentation; one final project.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Reading list
subject to change as some texts may go out of print
unexpectedly.
Additional readings will be on reserve in Olin Library.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Wightman, A
- Times: ...T... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 3, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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