Harvard College/GSAS: 3379
Spring 2009-2010
Nicolau Sevcenko
Meeting time: Th., 3-5 and an additional section hour to be arranged
Exam group: 17,18
An introduction to central debates and problems that have shaped Latin American culture. We address cultural identity, gender, race, politics and aesthetics by looking at historical and literary texts, films, visual arts and urban development from an interdisciplinary perspective. We analyze different regions: the Southern Cone, Andes, Amazon basin, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and Brazil; their peoples, histories, and interconnections as well as their relationships with the USA and the world at large.

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