LATI 50 (Introduction to Latin America)

Syllabus 2016

1. Why Latin America?

2.  Why History?

3.  Confronting the United States

 

4.  How to Read Modern Latin America


5.  Artists and Writers

 

6.  A Death Foretold: Motifs and Allusions

 

7.  From Liberalism to ISI: The Case of Argentina [plus film]

 

8.  Neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus

 

9.  Authoritarianism and Democracy

 

10. Revolution: Why Then and Not Now?

 

Study Guide

 

11.  Race, Class, and Social Structure (part I, Bolivia) [plus film]


12.  Race, Class, and Social Structure (part II, Dominican Republic) [plus film]


13.  Women, Gender, and Empowerment [plus film]


14.  MID-TERM EXAM [not posted]


15.  Religion, the Church, and Liberation Theology


16.  Culture and the Arts [plus film]


17.  The Political Economy of Drug Trafficking


18.  Immigration Policy [plus film]

 

19. Barack Obama and Latin America

20. Review and Overview

 

Study Guide