| source Johns Hopkins University (13) |
level Upper Level Undergraduate (X) |
department Latin American Studies (X) |
Course surveys the visual arts of Andean South America and includes discussion of royal Inka tunics, Nasca death imagery and the gold sculptural traditions of Colombia.
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Centers on analysis of the tomb as a context that informs our understanding of art and beliefs about life and the afterlife. Case studies drawn from the ancient Americas.
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Comparative examinations of revolutionary political changes in Haiti, Mexico, Bolivia, and Cuba. Cross-listed with Latin American Studies
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The course surveys various national contexts to illustrate major themes in western science and technology in Hispanic America (1492 to the present). Cross-listed with Program in Latin American Studies
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Pre-requisites: 210.391 or equivalent score on placement test. This third-year Portuguese course focuses on reading, writing, and oral expression. Under supervision of the instructor, students will read one or two complete works by major Brazilian, Portuguese, and/or Afro-Portuguese writers each semester, followed by intensive writing and oral discussion on the topic covered. Grammar will be reviewed as necessary. Lab work required. The course is conducted entirely in Portuguese. May not be taken on a P/F basis.
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This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide the student with basic information about Brazilian history, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema and music. The course will focus on how indigenous Asian, African and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Limit Section 01 â 35 Limit Section 02 â 10 (course work in Portuguese; Permission Required for sec.2 only)
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This course is intended as an introduction to the culture and civilization of Brazil. It is designed to provide the student with basic information about Brazilian history, art, literature, popular culture, theater, cinema and music. The course will focus on how indigenous Asian, African and European cultural influences have interacted to create the new and unique civilization that is Brazil today. The course is taught in English, but ONE extra credit will be given to students who wish to do the course work in Portuguese. Limit Section 01 â 35 Limit Section 02 â 10 (course work in Portuguese; Permission Required for sec.2 only)
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The course introduces students to the study of Argentine literary culture in the first three quarters of the twentieth century. Its objective is to instruct the students in methods of close reading and develop perspectives in critical thinking. Cross-listed with History, Humanities Center and Program in Latin American Studies
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His detractors often compare him to Hitler while many of his admirers see in him a saint and a martyr like Jesus Christ. Cuban school children are taught to be like him. Che was killed in 1967, the same year in which Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez published Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitute). We will study Guevara's life as a militant revolutionary through his own writings and the exorbitant style known as realismo mágico, crafted by GarcÃa Márquez, one of Che's great admirers. Four movies will anchor our visual take on the myth and the man: Los diarios de motocicleta (Walter Salles, 2004), Che I and Che II (Steven Soderbergh, 2008), and Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987). The nineteen-eighties narcotraffic boom in Colombia and the cocaine-driven financial high times during the late Reagan years will frame our study.
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This course consists of a series of case studies in US decision making related to Cuba from 1959 to the present, everything from the initial decision signed by Eisenhower to launch effors to remove the Castro government (which led to the Bay of Pigs) to President Bushâs decision last May to launch new measures to remove the Castro regime. Cross-listed with Political Science
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Argentina has long puzzled historians and social scientists. The country reached relatively high levels of development and possesses a large educated middle class, but has consistently âunderperformedâ. By focusing on the countryâs politics from Independence to the present day, this course attempts to unravel Argentinaâs many paradoxes.
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The return of the Left to power throughout Latin America is an example of unexpected political change. In this course we examine the causes, consequences, and challenges of the on-going âLeft Turn.â It starts by addressing the historical foundations of the Left and then examines different literature that attempts to account for this shift and assess the trajectory of the current Leftist governments.
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