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HIST321
Social Change in Latin America
HIST321 SP
Crosslistings: LAST321, WMST321
Not Currently Offered
This seminar in Latin American social history analyzes the
interaction of caste, class, gender, and race. For fall
semester 1996, this seminar emphasized the colonial period
of Latin American history. Key issues to be considered
included 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-22-1999
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