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LACS 015 A-Z - (CC, IS) Special Topics: Journeys through Latin America

Semester Hours: 3

Periodically
Interdisciplinary exploration of specific issues in the study of Latin America and the Caribbean.  Themes may include decolonization of knowledge, globalization and Latin American cultures, nation-building literature, travel writing, borderlands, U.S.-Latin American relations, natural resources and politics, indigenous communities and nation-states, or media and politics.  Topics will vary.

Current Special Topics

LACS 015U: (CC, IS) JOURNEYS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA: GLOBAL RACISM

Departing from the colonization of “the Americas,” this course explores the discourses and politics that led to the racialization of Natives, Africans, Jews, and Muslims throughout modernity.  Topics will include colonialism and imperialism, the role of music, film, philosophy, and the internet in the construction of otherness, the Olympics of suffering, and the responses different collectives have had against their socialization.  This class will be of interest to students exploring Latin American and Caribbean studies, religion, anthropology, philosophy, literature, history, Middle Eastern, and European studies. 

LACS 015V: (CC, IS) JOURNEYS THROUGH LATIN AMERICA:  The Political Economy of Revolutionary Cuba: Crisis and Transition 

The course is an interdisciplinary exploration of the political economy of modern Cuba, covering the history, politics, and economics of Cuba, in particular since the revolution of 1959.  The course will give special attention to the challenges of crisis and transition in the immediate post-revolutionary period, the restructuring of the post-U.S.S.R. period, and the contemporary period of monetary reunification and limited liberalization.  This course will be cross-listed with ECO 145 – Comparative Economic Systems.

Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated for credit when topics vary. As individual subjects are offered, each is assigned a letter (A-Z) which is affixed to the course number. Specific titles and course descriptions for special topics courses are available in the online class schedule. [Formerly LACS 150 A-Z, (CC, IS) Special Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.]


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