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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, 513 Dennison
Anthropology 658.002. Special Topics in Ethnology – Nation & Imagination: Caribbean. (3) (No description given) Fernando Coronil. T 4-7, 430 Dennison
Economics 461.001. Economics of Development I. (3) Alternative conceptions of economic development, proposed explanations for international variations, and competing strategies for alleviating global poverty. Frank Thompson. MWF 1-2 pm, 1060 East Hall. (May count for LACS credit depending on content of student project.)
Economics 466.001, 002. Economics of Population. (3) Uses an economic perspective to analyze the dramatic changes in fertility, mortality, marriage, and household structure in recent decades in both industrialized and developing countries. In Fall 2003 will focus on Brazil and South Africa. David Lam and visiting scholar Murray Leibbrandt. M 2:30-4 or 4-5:30, 373 Lorch. (May count for LACS credit depending on content of student project.)
English 384.001 (meets with CAAS 384.001, AmCult 406.001). Topics in Caribbean Literature – Life and Literature in the Contemporary Caribbean Diaspora. (3) Literature, music, and film produced out of Caribbean communities in the US, Canada, England, and Central America (Panama and Costa Rica in particular); explores the meanings and perceived relevance of Caribbeanness in those communities. Ifeoma Nwankwo. TTh 2:30-4, 1339 Mason
History 478.001 (meets with History 347, Anthro 346). Topics in Latin American History – Latin America, National Period. (3) The colonial history of Latin American history from the initial Spanish and Portuguese contact and conquest to the 19th-century wars of independence. Rebecca Scott (rjscott@umich.edu). MW 10-11:30, 1528 CC Little.
History 798.001 (meets with CAAS 798.001). Seminar in Comparative Studies in History – Getting the Documents to Speak. (3) Asking about the cultural practice of writing and the circumstances under which texts are produced, we will treat documents as objects and sources, to better understand their relationship to the history we study. Rebecca Scott, Jean Hebrard. M 3-5, 1024 Tisch. (May count for LACS credit depending on content of student project.)
Inst. Humanities 511.001 (meets with CAAS 558.004, English 540.002, AmCult 510.001). Gender and Black (Trans) National Identity in the 19th Century. (3) Writings early American, African and Caribbean-born figures as a way of assessing the problems and possibilities for early Black diasporic identification in the 19th century. Sandra Gunning. Th 12-3, TBA. (May count for LACS credit depending on content of student project.)
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. Ines Callalli. MW 9-11, 3405 Mason
LACS 473.001. Intermediate Quechua, I. (4) Emphasis is on conversational skills and grammatical structure. Ines Callalli. TTh 9-11, 3405 Mason
LACS 475.001. Advanced Quechua, I. (4) Improves conversation skills, builds up vocabulary, and heightens reading ability in Quechua. Ines Callalli. TTh 11-1, 3405 Mason
LACS 490.001 (meets with LACS 590.002, History 590.001, CAAS 490.001). Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Mini-course – Brazil: Race, Region, and Cultural History. (2) How racial, ethnic, and regional distinctions have been continually reconstructed in Brazil; slavery and post-emancipation social relations; racial democracy and the reality of racism; how racial and ethnic identification has inspired Brazilian culture. Sueann Caulfield. TTh 2:30-4, 1436 Mason. Meets Sept 2 thru October 30
LACS 619.001 (meets with Anthropology 619, History 617, and Spanish 855.001). Proseminar in Latin American and Caribbean Studies – Mestizaje and National Identity in Latin America. (3) An interdisciplinary proseminar for graduate students from a variety of fields interested in Latin American studies. This year, the focus is on the history and representation of nation formation in post-independence Latin America. Javier Sanjinés and Julie Skurski (sanjines@umich.edu, skurski@umich.edu). W 1-4, G243 Angell. Foundation course for the new LACS Graduate Certificate.
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, TBA
Sociology 460.001. Social Change – Labor and Global Social Change. (3) This course asks what economic globalization is, why it takes the form that it does, and how it affects the lives and livelihoods of the more vulnerable working people in the South and North. Ian Robinson. TTh 4-5:30, 130 Dennison. (May count for LACS credit depending on content of student project.)
Spanish 430.001. Advanced Studies in Hispanic Culture and Society – Queer Culture of the Hispanic Caribbean and its Diaspora. (3) An exploration of select cultural texts (film, literature, essay, performance, cartoons) from the insular Hispanic Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) and its U.S. Diaspora that present issues of queer identities and practices. Lawrence LaFountain-Stokes. TTh 1-230, 2353 Mason. There will also be film screening M 6-8:30
Spanish 430.W03. Advanced Studies in Hispanic Culture and Society – Historical Narratives of Latin America. (3) Studies Latin American "historical novelists" from the 1880s to the 1920s. Javier Sanjines. MWF 9-10, B134 MLB
Spanish 448.001. Hispanic Culture Through Community Service Learning. (3) For students interested in using the Spanish language within a social context; course ntegrates service work within that community with academic readings and discussions about U.S. Latino or Hispanic culture. Juli Highfill. T 2:30-4, TTh 6-8:30, tba. See course guide description for details
Spanish 472.001. Pre-Columbian Society – Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: What We Know About Them and How We Represent Them. (3) On ancient civilizations in the Americas and how we perceive them today. Gustavo Verdesio (verdesio@umich.edu). TTh 2:30-4, B101 MLB
Spanish 473.001. Colonial/Postcolonial Studies in Latin-American Cultures. (3) Aims explore the limitations of Postcolonial theory as a tool to understand or make sense of Latin American culture and society. Gustavo Verdesio (verdesio@umich.edu). TTh 4-5:30, B101 MLB
Spanish 475.001. Latin-American Narrative – Slavery, Freedom and "Mulataje": Representations of the African Diaspora in XIX Latin America. (3) How did slaves and its descendants negotiate their access to literature, art and culture in slave societies? This course is a survey of the representations of Africans, and African descendants in nineteenth-century Latin America. Jossianna Arroyo. TTh 11:30-1, 221 Dennison
Spanish 476.001. Latin American Poetry – Poesía mexicana del siglo XX. (3) Presenta a los estudiantes un panorama general de la poesía mexicana del siglo veinte y enseña algunas nociones básicas de retórica, poética y métrica, así como de la literatura, la cultura y la historia en general. Hugo Moreno. TTh 1-2:30, 221 Dennison
Spanish 485.001. Case Studies – The Novel of the Mexican Revolution. (3) We will read some of the most important and influential novels dealing with the revolution and its place in modern Mexican cultural history. Gareth Williams. TTh 10-11:30, B116 MLB
Spanish 485.002. Case Studies – Manuel Puig's Movie House. (3) Why is Manuel Puig so fascinated by films such as "Blood and Sand" or "The Great Waltz"? Why do Puig's writings use the iconography of Hollywood to represent Latin American societies? Is Puig really a novelist or a movie script writer? Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola. TTh 4-5:30, B129 MLB
Spanish 870.001. Seminar in Hispanic Literature – Technologies: Languages and Politics in the Américas of "Fin De Siglo". (3) Looks at the complex relationships between bodies and machines, nature and technology, master building and art and the ways they were represented, articulated and embodied in the Américas after 1800's. Jossianna Arroyo. Th 2-5, 2108 MLB
Spanish 881.001. Current Issues in Literary Theory and Criticism – Biopolitics and Bare Life in Latin America: Literature, Accumulation, Obsolescence. (3) Modern biopolitics refers to capitalism's ability to insert docile and disciplined bodies into its mechanisms and calculations of power and accumulation. Is there room for bare life, beyond biopolotics, in the Latin American literary tradition? Gareth Williams. T 4-7, 2110 MLB
