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Social Change in Latin America
HIST321 SP

Crosslistings: LAST321,WMST321

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: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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