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HIST321

Social Change in Latin America
HIST321 SP

Crosslistings: LAST321, WMST321
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Next Offered in 9899 SP

A seminar in Latin American social history analyzing the interaction of caste, class, gender, and race. For fall semester, 1996, this seminar will emphasize the colonial period of Latin American history. Key issues to be considered include: the double colonization of indigenous women; the impact of slavery; the transformation of indigenous communities; the emergence of new social groups and identitites.

MAJOR READINGS


Barbara Bush, SLAVE WOMEN IN CARIBBEAN SOCIETY, 1650-1838
Ramon Gutierrez, WHEN JESUS CAME, THE CORN MOTHERS WENT AWAY
Asuncion Lavrin, SEXUALITY AND MARRIAGE IN COLONIAL LATIN
AMERICA
Verena Martinez-Alier, MARRIAGE, CLASS, AND COLOUR IN
NINETEENTH-CENTURY CUBA: A STUDY OF RACIAL ATTITUDES AND
SEXUAL VALUES IN A SLAVE SOCIETY
Octavio Pqaz, SOR JUANA OR THE TRAPS OF FAITH
Patricia Seed, TO LOVE, HONOR, AND OBEY IN COLONIAL MEXICO:
CONFLICTS OVER MARRIAGE CHOICE, 1574-1821
Irene Silverblatt, MOON, SUN, AND WITCHES: GENDER IDEOLOGIES
AND CLASS IN INCA AND COLONIAL PERU
Steve J. Stern, PERU'S INDIAN PEOPLES AND THE CHALLENGES OF
SPANISH CONQUEST

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Six short (2-3 pp) papers on the readings; one class presentation; one final paper; active participation in discussions

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Preference to HIST and LAST majors. No late papers; no incompletes; no unexcused absences. HIST and LAST majors can satisfy their research requirements in this course through special arrangement with the instructor. 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

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998



About the Photo:

A violinist plays traditional Andean music

Reference:

Rogers, Alisdair. PEOPLES AND CULTURES, New York: Oxford University Press, 1992



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