Latin
American & Caribbean StudiesLatin
American & Caribbean StudiesAnthropology 414.001
(meets with CAAS 444). Introduction to Caribbean Societies and Cultures.
(3)
Historical origins of the social structure and social organization of contemporary
Caribbean states; family and kinship; religion, race, class, ethnicity, and
national identity; Caribbean immigration; politics and policies of socioeconomic
change. Maxwell Owusu. TTh 11:30-1 pm, 4560 LSA Course
Guide.
Anthropology 488.001.
Prehistory of Mexico.
(3)
The prehistory of Mesoamerica outside the Maya area, 8000 BC to AD 1519. Kent
Flannery (kflanner@umich.edu). TTh 1-2:30, 2009 Ruthven Museums Course
Guide.
*Anthropology 558.002
(meets with History 604.003). Political
Violence and Historical Memory. (3)
Julie Skurski (skurski@umich.edu). W 4-7, room tba
History 478.001. Latin
America: The Colonial Period. (3)
Latin America from the initial
encounters between Europeans and Native Americans to the early 19th-century
wars of independence. Rebecca Scott (rjscott@umich.edu). MW 10-11:30, 3410 Mason.
Course
Page
History 498.001. The
Law in Slavery and Freedom: The U.S. and Latin America in Comparative Perspective.
(3)
Using evidence from both
Latin America and the United States, and looking at legislation and transcripts
of cases, we will ask how and when slaves themselves were able to use the legal
system, and then how freed people were incorporated in legal culture. The readings
will include case transcripts, secondary accounts, and some transcribed archival
documents, as well as several interpretive works. Martha Jones and Rebecca Scott
(rjscott@umich.edu). T 2:30-5:30, room tba. Course
Guide.
History 687.001 (meets
with CAAS 687.001). Studies in Black History - Origins of the Black Atlantic.
(3)
The forced migration of Africans to this hemisphere, slavery and emancipation,
and cultural, social, and institutional development in black communities north
and south. Julius Scott (jsscott@umich.edu). W 10-12, 2002 Chemistry
History 698.002 (meets
with American Culture 699.001 and Spanish 865.001). Atlantic Studies: Comparative
Indigeneities - Indigenous Peoples Across the Americas. (3)
Focuses on what we know (or think we know) about the Amerindians of the past
and their descendants of the present. Philip Deloria (pdeloria@umich.edu) and
Gustavo Verdesio (verdesio@umich.edu). W 3-6 pm, room tba
LACS 400.001 (meets
with CAAS 478.001, History 578.001, RC SocSci 460.001). Ethnicity and Culture
in Latin America - The Performing Arts in Brazil: Cultural & Historical Perspectives.
(3)
Designed around the Ann Arbor premiers of three different Brazilian performances:
the Orquestra de São Paulo, the modern dance company Grupo Corpo, and Caetano
Veloso. Sueann Caulfield (scaul@umich.edu). W 3-6 pm, 124 EQ . Optional 1-credit
section taught in Portuguese, UC 490.001 Course
Guide.
LACS 471.001. Elementary
Quechua, I. (4)
Introduces students with little or no proficiency in Quechua (the "language
of the Incas," spoken by 10 million people in the Andean republics) to conversational
and cultural skills needed to use the language in real life situations. The
instructor will be Margarita Huayhua from Cusco, Peru. MW 9-11, 3405 Mason Course
Guide.
LACS 473.001. Intermediate
Quechua, I. (4)
Emphasis is on conversational skills and grammatical structure. Margarita Huayhua.
TTh 9-11, room tba Course
Guide.
LACS 475.001. Advanced
Quechua, I. (4)
Improves conversation skills, builds up vocabulary, and heightens reading ability
in Quechua. Margarita Huayhua. TTh 11-1, room tba Course
Guide.
Political Science 649.001.
Politics and Society in 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.
Jose Molina (jmolina@umich.edu). Th 11-1 pm, 171 Lorch
Spanish 437.001. Introduction
to Literary Studies. (3)
What is literature? What is theory? What is the function of criticism? How should
one study and write about literature? Sergio Hugo Moreno (shmoreno@umich.edu).
MWF 12-1, 3518 Frieze. Course taught in Spanish. Course
Guide.
Spanish 440.001. Literatures
and Cultures of the Borderlands - Nation/Transnation: Literature of Exile in
the Spanish Caribbean.
(3)
A survey of authors and historical periods that addresses the specificities
of exile since Nineteenth century to contemporary authors. Jossianna Arroyo
(jarroyo@umich.edu). MWF 11-12, 3000 Frieze. Course taught in Spanish.
Course
Guide.
Spanish 470.001. Latin-American
Literature, 16th-19th Centuries - First Images of America: The Early Chroniclers.
(3)
A study of some of the stages of the long process best defined as the intellectual
(and/or ideological) creation of America by the European subject. Gustavo Verdesio
(verdesio@umich.edu). TTh 1-2:30, 3527 Frieze Course
Guide.
Spanish 485.001. Case
Studies - Popular Literary Consciousness in the Andean Region.
(3)
Focus on two Latin American novels written between 1920 and 1950: Jorge Icaza,
Huasipungo and Ciro Alegría, El mundo es ancho y ajeno. Javier
C Sanjines (sanjines@umich.edu). TTh 11:30-1, 4070 Frieze Course
Guide.
Spanish 865.001. Comparative
Indigeneities - Indigenous Peoples Across the Americas. (3) See History
698.
