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American & Caribbean StudiesAnth 314 / Amer. Cult. 313. Cuba and Its Diaspora. (4) Cuban history, literature, and culture since the Revolution both on the island and in the United States Diaspora. Writings of Castro, Hijuelos, Desnoes, Arenas, Casal, Paz, Prida, Carmelita Tropicana; major Cuban films. Required film, T 5-7; Lecture W 2-5, 3439 Mason. Ruth Behar.
Anth 414 / CAAS 444. Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures. (3) TTh 10-11:30, B134 LSA. Maxwell Owusu (omk@umich.edu)
Anth 458.004 / Am Cult 410.002. Puerto Ricans on the Island and in the Continental U.S. (3) The most important trends in ethnographic research on Puerto Rican culture throughout the twentieth century. MW 8:30 -10, TBA. Visiting Prof. Jorge Duany (U. Puerto Rico).
LACS 400.001 / Anth 458.003 / History 478.001/578.001. Ethnicity And Culture In Latin America: Mestizaje and Nation. (3) On elite discourses as well as responses by non-elites to racialized structures of exclusion, in cases including Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico and Venezuela. T 1-4 pm, 3409 Mason. Julie Skurski (skurski@umich.edu)
History 347/Anth 346. Latin America: The Colonial Period. (4) From 1492 to the 19th-century wars of independence. Indians and Europeans; evolution of a range of colonial societies; shifting uses of land and labor; class, race, gender, and ethnicity. MW 10-11:30, 3410 Mason; disc sections: T 2-3, M 1-2, or W 2:30-4. David Frye.
UC 390.001. Spanish-language section. (Must be enrolled in discussion section 4, W 2:30-4.) (1).
History 687.001 / CAAS 687.001. Studies in Black History – Intro to the Black Atlantic. (3) Key issues in African American history through the end of the Civil War, including the forced migration of Africans to this hemisphere, slavery and emancipation, and cultural, social, and institutional development in black communities north and south. W 9-11, room TBA. Julius Scott (jsscott@umich.edu)
CAAS 458.003. Issues in Black World Studies – History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary African American and Caribbean Literature. (3). MW 1-2:30, 209 West Hall. Arlene Keizer (arkeizer@umich.edu)
English 315.001. Women and Literature – The Black Female Body in Women's Literature of the African Diaspora. (3) African American and Afro-Caribbean women's representations of the Black female body in literature (and some visual art). MW 10-11:30, G251 Angell. Arlene Keizer (arkeizer@umich.edu)
English 384 / CAAS 384 / Amer Cult 406. Topics in Caribbean Literature – Life and Literature in the Contemporary Caribbean Diaspora. (3) TTh 2:30-4, room TBA. Ifeoma Nwankwo (icn@umich.edu)
RC, Core 324.001. Mujer y Escritura en America Latina: Hogar, Nacion e Identidad en el Siglo XX. (4). MTTh 1-2, 17 Tyler (East Quad). Olga Lopez-Cotin (olcotin@umich.edu)
RC, Core 324.002. Etnoecología: Percepción de la Naturaleza y el paisaje en la tradición. (4). New course, no description yet. MW 1:30-3pm, 24-26 Tyler (East Q). Iñigo Graznow de la Cerda (inyigo@umich.edu)
RC, Core 324.003. Education in Latin America. (4) New course, no description yet. MWF 10-11, 64 Gr (East Q). Yonker
Portuguese 350, Independent Study; Portuguese 450, Independent Study; and Portuguese 489, Directed Readings in Portuguese. Proposal forms are available in the Department of Romance Languages Office.
Spanish 320. Introduction to the Study of Literature. (3) Various sections; those that cover primarily Latin American literature may qualify for LACS credit.
Spanish 335. Contemporary Literature of Mexico. (3) Designed to familiarize students not only with the literature, but also with the culture and society of twentieth-century Mexico.TTh 10-11:30, room TBA. Hugo Moreno.
Spanish 430.001. Advanced Studies in Hispanic Culture and Society – Representations of the African Diaspora in Cuba and Brazil. (3) The cultural, social and philosophical contributions of the millions of Africans from different cultural backgrounds in Cuba and Brazil, the ways they build social and cultural agency and how they are represented by cultural elites. In Spanish. TTh 10-11:30. Jossianna Arroyo (jarroyo@umich.edu)
Spanish 464.001. Romanticism in Latin America. (3) The relationship between fiction, the formation of national states, and the organization of nineteenth-century free trade. Students taking this course should be interested in Latin American politics. MWF 3-4. Javier Sanjines (sanjines@umich.edu)
Spanish 470. Latin American Literature, 16th-19th Centuries – Retelling the Colonial Period: Fiction, Essay, and the Movies. (3) Studying paradigmatic colonial texts of North and Latin America in order to compare the different ways in which the Spanish and British empires undertook conquest and colonization. TTh 11:30-1, 3427 Mason. Gustavo Verdesio (verdesio@umich.edu)
Spanish 475.001. Latin American Narrative of the Twentieth Century - Indigenista Narrative of the Andes. (3) Three important indigenista novels of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. MWF 1-2, B129 MLB. Javier Sanjines (sanjines@umich.edu)
[Spanish 485. Case Studies in Peninsular Spanish and Latin American Literature. (3) MWF 8-9, 1139 Nat Sci. Topic and visiting instructor TBA; it might be on Latin American literature!]
Spanish 488.002. Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures – Language, Selfhood, and Community in Hispanic America. (3) TTh 2:30-4, room TBA. Hugo Moreno
Spanish 855.001 / Film-Video
603.001 / Amer Cult 699.001. Cinema of Immigration and Exile.
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W 3-6, 1020 Frieze; film screening T 7-10 pm, 1020 Frieze. Catherine
L Benamou (cbenamou@umich.edu)
Spanish 865.001. Colonial and 19th Century Spanish-American Literature – Andean Peoples: Before and After the Inca. (3) On ancient Andean civilization and the early colonial period in Perú. T 1-4, 3419 Mason. Gustavo Verdesio (verdesio@umich.edu)
Spanish 881.001. Current Issues in Lit Theory and Criticism – Transculturations: Cultural Criticism in Latin America. (3) Through the relationship between orality & writing, mestizaje & hybridity, sexuality & gender, we will study transculturation as a modern concept which origins can be traced to colonial societies. In Spanish. Th 1-4, 2002 Chem. Jossianna Arroyo (jarroyo@umich.edu)
Poli. Sci. 448. Governments and Politics of Latin America. (3) After an analysis of the common historical background of the region, this course will consider the current characteristics of democratic government in Latin America, its achievements, shortcomings, and future prospects.TTh 8:30-10, 296 Dennison. Visiting Professor José Molina of Universidad de Zulia, Venezuela (jmolina@umich.edu)
Poli. Sci. 649.001. Proseminar in the Governments and Politics of Latin America – Electoral Behavior in Latin America. (3) Using survey data we will analyze the influence of socio-demographic, attitudinal, institutional, and "rational" factors on elections in several countries. W 11-1, 1029 Nat Sci. José Molina (jmolina@umich.edu)
RC, Nat. Sci. 250. Ecology, Development, and Conservation in Latin America - Ecology, Conversation, and Development of the New World Tropics. (4) Interactions between ecological conservation and development, their constraints and history; we will analyze the socioeconomic aspects derived from the South-North unbalance and its effect on the environment for Third World nations, mainly in the American Tropics. Knowledge of Spanish recommended. TTh 2-4 pm, 24-26 Tyler (East Q). Iñigo Graznow de la Cerda (inyigo@umich.edu)
Academic credit for Study Abroad programs, whether administered by U-M or by other universities, can in many cases be applied toward a LACS major. U-M academic year programs include Costa Rica, Santiago (Chile), Quito (Ecuador), and Bahia and Belo Horizonte (Brazil — new in 2001). Summer programs include Guanajuato (Mexico), the Dominican Republic, and Bahia and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Application deadline is Oct. 9 for Winter 2001. For information, contact the Office of International Programs, G513 Michigan Union.
