SPRING 2005
CORE COURSES
HIST 361 - Latin America Since Independence
Mollie E. Lewis
MWF 12:50pm - 1:40pm
MAX: 40
Fulfills LACS Major/Minor Requirement
DESCRIPTION: The story of Modern Latin America is one of nation building. After the Wars of Independence in the early nineteenth century, Latin Americans used many strategies to construct nations out of regions. The route was difficult, however, as processes like modernization, the stratification of wealth, racial and ethnic tensions, and military and foreign intervention marred attempts to create a unified nation. Those same themes continued to dominate into the twentieth century, and new ones appeared - immigration, gender roles, revolution, and new political strategies. This class will explore these topics and many others in our attempts to understand the complexity of Modern Latin American History and the continuing process of building a nation.
TEXTS : John Chasteen. Born in Blood and Fire
We will also read a variety of primary and secondary sources that reveal what Latin Americans were hoping their nations would become and what, in fact, they were. Readings will be supplemented with non-print media, like films, music and photos.
GRADES: Students can expect to write short papers based on readings and films, to take a midterm and a final comprised of comprehensive take-home essays and an in-class portion, and to be graded for active participate in class discussions.
SPAN 300WR - Reading in Spanish: Texts and Contexts
Faculty
MWF Multiple Sessions
MAX: 10 per session
Fulfills LACS Major/Minor Requirement
DESCRIPTION: A course in Hispanic cultural literacy and critical skills that also develops students' reading ability, vocabulary, and ability to express ideas in writing. The course is designed to give students a broad understanding of Hispanic cultures that will prepare them for upper level course work. The primary reading text is Carlos Fuentes' El espejo enterrado. As students read this text, they will learn about the history, geography, values, art, and literature of the Hispanic world, and they will also learn how to critique particular perspectives of these various facets of culture. Supplementary texts are also used.
TEXTS : Carlos Fuentes. El espejo enterrado (1992)
PREREQUISITES: SPANISH 212 or 215, OFFICIAL SPANISH PLACEMENT from the Dept of Spanish and Portuguese, or permission of the Director of the Language Program.
LAS COURSES
LAS 385R - The Transatlantic Slave Trade: An Electronic Approach
(Same as HIST 385/AFS 389)
David Eltis
TUTH1:00pm - 2:15pm
MAX: LAS 5; AFS 5; HIST 20
DESCRIPTION : The bulk of this course is devoted to the analysis of the 27,000 voyages contained in the Cambridge University Press' CD-ROM of the transatlantic slave trade. Students will be shown how to use this resource and then will be expected to employ the CD to examine various positions in the literature on the causes, dynamics, nature and abolition/suppression of the transatlantic slave trade as well as explore the human dimension of what was the largest coerced migration in human history.
TEXTS : David Eltis. Coerced and Free Migrations: Global Perspectives
David Eltis, S.D.Behrendt, and H.S.Klein, and David Richardson. The Transatlantic Slave Trade 1527-1867: A Database on CD-Rom (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999)
LAS 385R- Latin American Politics
(Same asPOLS 331)
Juan del Aguila
MWF11:45am -12:35pm
MAX : LAS 10; POLS 25
DESCRIPTION: This course offers a broad interpretation of Latin American politics and government from developmental and cultural perspectives. Significant issues shaping contemporary politics will also be discussed, namely democratization, neoliberal economic models, human rights and the tension between militarism and democratic legitimacy.
TEXTS : R. Hillman, ed. Understanding Contemporary Latin America
J. Peeler. Building Democracy in Latin America
GRADES: Examinations - midterm and final. Papers - one 15-17 page research paper. Grading - midterm 30%, final 40%, paper 30%.
PREREQUISITES: Some background in comparative politics or Latin American Studies is useful.
LAS 490RSWR - Gender in Latin American History
(Same asHIST 489SWR/WS475SWR)
Bianca Premo
TU 2:30pm - 4:30pm
MAX: LAS 3; WS 3; HIST 6
DESCRIPTION: This course will expose you to the historical theme of gender in Latin America , from Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonization in the fifteenth century to the present. It is not solely about women in Latin America 's past, although women's history in the region certainly constitutes an important aspect of the material to be covered. We will examine, in class and in individual research projects, how ideas about gender--the social and cultural attributes that were and are ascribed to individuals on the basis of their biological sex or sexual behavior-- affected the lives of Latin American men and women at various junctures in the past. Thus we will take an amplified view of the role of gender, asking how both women and men in Latin America understood sexuality and what it meant to be a woman or man, and why those understandings changed over time.
TEXTS: For the reading component of this course, during 9 weeks we will read about 3 article-length or chapter-length selections, usually around 100 total pages. The readings will be available on e-reserve throughEuclid.
GRADES: 50% of students' grades will be based on seminar participation. 48 hours before we meet, students will write a page-long "reaction piece" focused on the readings to be sent to all members of the course. Students will be responsible for reading their colleagues' reactions before class. The remaining 50% of the course provides students the experience of first-hand research on gender in Latin America . Students write a 16-24 page research paper during the semester, formed around a supported analysis of primary documents illuminating an aspect of gender in Latin American history. You will present the results of this paper at a "conference" held the last day of class. This course fulfills General Education Requirement IC (Advanced Seminar). Upon successful completion of the course with a grade of C or better, this course will fulfill the GER post-freshman writing requirement.
PREREQUISITES: Instructor permission required.
LAS 495AWR - Honors Thesis I
LACS Faculty
No set meeting time
Fulfills Emory College Honors Program requirement
DESCRIPTION: First semester of Honors Program thesis writing for those students participating in the College Honors Program
PREREQUISITES: Enrollment limited to program majors who qualify to participate in the Honors Program.
LAS 495BWR - Honors Thesis II
LACS Faculty
No set meeting time
Fulfills Emory College Honors Program requirement
DESCRIPTION: Second semester of Honors Program thesis writing for those students participating in the College Honors Program.
PREREQUISITES: Must have completed LAS495AWR.
LAS 497R - Independent Research in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
LACS Faculty
No set meeting time
COURSES OF INTEREST
Art History 485/735 - Museological Approaches to Shamanism in the Americas
W9:00am -12:00pm
Rebecca Stone-Miller
Max: 10 undergraduates; 5 graduates
DESCRIPTION: This advanced undergraduate/graduate seminar explores how visionary spirituality is reflected in the artistic record of the ancient and traditional modern Americas from Mexico southward. As a group we will continue to plan the future Carlos Museum exhibition "Beyond the Portal: Shamanic Art and Healing in the Americas ." Principal themes will be contemporary practices that relate to the past, gendered images of shamans, and conveying the attributes of trances.
TEXTS : G. Hardy, ed. Shamanism: A Reader
Rebecca Stone-Miller. Seeing with New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas
R. Schultes and A. Hofmann. Plants of the Gods
Xeroxed Handouts
GRADES: Students will be responsible for: readings for each three-hour meeting per week: a project concerning a particular room in the exhibition (final written c. 25-page projects to include final selection of objects, contact information, labels, case designs, and research summaries of select objects); and a one -hour presentation of project in class.
HIST 211 - The Making of Modern Latin America
Rafael R. Ioris
MWF10:40am - 11:30am
MAX: 30
DESCRIPTION: This is an introductory course to the history of Latin America , with special attention to the Modern (post-1800) period. Classes will be organized in a both chronological and thematic fashion, with themes mainly focusing on the region's colonial legacy, social, economic, and political life, and the persistent quest for modernization and development. Student taking this course will 1) Obtain knowledge of the major themes in the history of modern Latin America, 2) Gain a deeper understanding of contemporary issues in Latin America by examining their historical roots.
TEXTS : Weekly readings will be posted on e-reserve, and should run on an average of 40 pages. A textbook might be assigned .
GRADES: Students will be expected to engage actively in class discussions and will be required to write short weekly response papers. In addition, a mid-term and a comprehensive final exam will be part of the evaluation.
HIST 241 - Love Magic, Witchcraft, and Rebelliousness: Creating Identity in Colonial Spanish America
Louise Gammons
TUTH11:30am - 12:45pm
MAX: 30
DESCRIPTION: This course will examine how men and women, Indian and Spanish, elite and peasant created identity through their representation in the legal texts of Colonial Spanish America. These sources include inquisition trials, criminal and civil cases, as well as wills, marriage contracts, and dowry records. We will analyze colonial representations of gender, race, and class through a variety of topics and themes including marriage, inheritance, honor, bigamy, mysticism, witchcraft and love magic.
GRADES: Class sessions will combine framing lectures with class discussion.
Students will write short weekly papers and be graded on active class participation. This course satisfies area IVa of the General Education Requirements.
MUS 190S - TANGO: Argentina's Art Form in Body, Mind, and Spirit
Kristin Wendland
MWF11:45am - 12:35pm
MAX: 18
DESCRIPTION: This course explores the Argentine Tango, including its origins as a popular form, popularization during the Golden Age, dissemination to Europe and North America , evolution into a musical form of its own for listening and concerts, and adoption by international art music composers to date. It will focus on three aspects of tango: the dance itself, the dance orchestra, and the tango for listening.
GRADES: The seminar format will include listening and reading assignments on each of the eight topics to prepare for class discussions. Assessment for this course will be based on attendance and participation, including a journal requirement (20%); four listening and response quizzes (20%); two partner mini-presentations on subtopics of students' choice with accompanying short individual essays (approximately 20 minute presentation and 500-word essay) (30%); and a final project consisting of a solo presentation and final paper (30%). In addition to studying tango music, students will learn basic steps and figures ofthe tango dance. We will take a "field trip" to at least one milonga (tango dance gathering) in Atlanta .
The purpose of a seminar is to exchange ideas, engage in original research, and present it. By conforming to this format, you will learn not only about Argentina tango, but also how to engage in academic discourse at a seminar table.
MATERIALS: Students will need to furnish 5 blank CDs by the second class (Jan. 16). Students will need to have a special notebook for journal entries. A separate notebook should be kept to record notes from class discussion.
ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS: Reading and listening assignments will be made one week in advance of class discussion day. Students will arrange tomeet with me privately to prepare for partner projects and the final solo project. Details for the final project will be discussed after spring break.
JOURNAL REQUIREMENTS: The purpose of keeping a journal is to record your reactions to topics, class discussion, and listening/viewing assignments. You should review your entries to prepare for listening and response quizzes. Journals will be checked on each quiz day. Students should write a minimum of three entries per topic of at least one paragraph. Be sure to date each entry. Note: The journals are graded for completion only.
SOC 466SWR - Women, Culture and Development
(Same as WS 475SWR)
Julie Shayne
TUTH 10:00am -1:15pm
Max: SOC 8; WS 7
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to facilitate a critical understanding of the multiple social and political positions of women in the " Third World ." We will look at a variety of topics including: colonialism, post-colonialism, feminist theories of development, motherhood, paid and unpaid labor, sexuality and the body, population, globalization, feminism, and revolution. We will read theoretical and empirical pieces, fiction, print media, and view many films.
TEXTS : K-K Bhavnani, J. Foran and P. Kurian, eds. Feminist Futures: Re- imagining Women, Culture and Development (2003)
T. Dangarembga. Nervous Conditions (2004)
B. Hartmann. Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (1995)
J. Seager. The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World (2003)
J. Shayne. The Revolution Question: Feminisms in El Salvador, Chile, and Cuba (2004)
G. Sen & C. Grown. Development, Crises, and Alternative Visions: Third World Women's Perspectives (1987)
An online course reader.
GRADES: You will have a variety of writing assignments, long, short, and ongoing. This course will meet the writing requirement. No in-class tests will be given.
SPAN 460: Cultural Identity and Globalization in Latin America
Ricardo Gutiérrez-Mouat
MWF 10:40am - 11:30am
MAX: 15
DESCRIPTION: The term globalization properly belongs to the vocabulary of the economic and social sciences and refers to the integration of the contemporary world made possible by current communication and information technologies and characterized by the accelerated flow of messages, capital, and people across national borders. Yet the term is also global in its disciplinary reach and has entered the political and cultural realms where the processes associated with globalization have impacted discourses on national and cultural identity. While few people are prepared to give up all notions of national identity, it is true that subjective and group identifications based on the old-fashioned nation-state are currently undergoing a complex renegotiation. So the basic question of the course is, what does it mean in today's "global village" to be (fill in the blank) Mexican, Puerto Rican, Chilean, etc. The course will pay special attention to border narratives, to contemporary urban fiction where wholesale national identities seem to evaporate due to the effect of a "global imaginary," and to works that dismantle older narratives of identity. Readings will include literary texts and essays in cultural theory and will be supplemented by video documentaries and one or two feature films.
TEXTS : To be announced.
GRADES: Satisfactory class performance, two short essay papers, and one longer final research paper.
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