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American & Caribbean StudiesAmerican Culture 420.001 (meets with Spanish 420.001). Latin American Film - Cultural Encounters in the New World. (4)
Explores the construction of ethnic, racial, and national identity in documentaries and fictional narrative films of Latin America. Catherine Benamou (cbenamou@umich.edu). TTh 10-11:30, 3415 Mason. Plus lab section M 7-10, Angell Aud B Course Guide.
Anthropology 320.001. Mexican Culture. (3)
Asks how culture and national identity in Mexico have been historically and socially constructed over the past century. David Frye (dfrye@umich.edu). TTh 4:30-6, room tba Course Guide.
Anthropology 386.001. Early New World Civilization. (4)
The long-term development of pre-Columbian Latin American civilizations, including Aztec, Maya, and Inca. Jeffrey Parsons (jpar@umich.edu). TTh 10-11:30, G127 Angell Course Guide.
Anthropology 489.001. Maya Archaeology. (3)
Archaeology and cultural evolution of the ancient Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. Joyce Marcus (joymar@umich.edu). TTh 11:30-1, 3447 Mason Course Guide.
Economics 461.001. Economics of Development I. (3)
Explores alternative conceptions of economic development, investigates proposed explanations for international variations, and critically examines competing strategies for alleviating global poverty. Frank Thompson. MWF 1-2 pm, 1401 Mason . (May count for LACS credit depending on content of student project.) Course Guide.
History 348.001. Latin America: The National Period. (4)
Latin America from the early nineteenth century until the present; temporal narrative will be organized around: (1) state formation; (2) elite and popular relations; and (3) forms of capitalist development and transformations in class relations. Fernando Coronil (coronil@umich.edu). TTh 11:30-1pm, 1200 Chem . Students who elect the Spanish-language Discussion Session 348.004 (Th 4-5:30, B108 MLB) may also enroll in the 1-credit UC 390.001, Language Across the Curriculum. Course Guide.
History 478.001. Topics in Latin American History - Law, Race, and Citizenship in Comparative Perspective: Cuba and the United States, 1865-1965. (3)
Law and society during a process of radical political and social transformation: the end of slavery and the redefining of the boundaries of race and citizenship. Rebecca Scott (rjscott@umich.edu), Richard Pildes. T 2:30-5:40, 424 Legal Research Course Guide.
* History 604.001 (meets with American Culture 699.001, CAAS 558.001 and Women's Studies 698.003). Comparative Slavery in a Circum-Atlantic Perspective. (3)
Uses a comparative, feminist study of slavery and race to map the production and reproduction of power in the Atlantic world. Carroll Smith-Rosenberg. Th 12-2, 3004 Frieze Course Guide.
LACS 399.001. Thesis-Writers' Seminar. (3)
David Frye (dfrye@umich.edu). Contact the LACS office for more information. Course Guide.
LACS 472.001. Elementary Quechua, II. (4)
Second-term continuation of Elementary Quechua I. Georgina Maldonado (gmaldona@umich.edu). MW 9-11, 2444 Mason Course Guide.
LACS 474.001. Intermediate Quechua, II. (4)
Continuation of intermediate Quechua emphasizing conversational skills and grammatical structure. Georgina Maldonado (gmaldona@umich.edu). MW 11-1, G243 Angell Course Guide.
LACS 476.001. Advanced Quechua, II. (4)
Continuation of advanced Quechua. Course is designed to improve conversation skills, build up vocabulary, and heighten reading ability. Georgina Maldonado (gmaldona@umich.edu). MW 11-1, G243 Angell Course Guide.
RC 324.001. Readings in Spanish - Mujer y escritura en America Latina: hogar, nacion e identidad en el siglo XX. (4)
Una introducción a las diferentes construcciones del sujeto femenino en relación con los espacios físicos y metafóricos habitados por las protagonistas en la narrativa de varias escritoras latinoamericanas del siglo XX. Lopez-Cotin. MTTh 11-12, 2 Tyler (EQ) Course Guide.
RC 324.002. Readings in Spanish - Educacion Y Cambio Social. (4)
El objetivo de esta clase será proporcionar una visión global del bilingüismo, en la que se presenta el bilingüismo como un medio en la creación de una cultura lingüística. Rodriguez. MTTh 10-11, 64 Gr (EQ) Course Guide.
RC 324.003. Readings in Spanish - El Experimento De Allende. (4)
Un estudio de la experiencia chilena de los ultimos anos. Helen Webb. MTTh 10-11, 2 Tyler (EQ) Course Guide.
RC 324.004. Readings in Spanish - Educacion y reforma en America Latina. (4)
Los cambios en la educación primaria durante los últimos diez años, específicamente los casos de Paraguay y México y su definición de la educación como vehículo de transformación social. Yonker. MWF 10-11, 12 Tyler (EQ) Course Guide.
Spanish 320.000. Introduction to the Study of Literature. (3)
. . (Various sections; not all focus on Latin America.) Course Guide.
Spanish 328.001. Hispanic Popular Culture - Latin America and the Movies: The Local and the Global in High and Popular Culture. (3)
We will study literary and cinematographic examples of cultural hybridity (products that incorporate elements from more than one cultural tradition) that show a complex interaction between high- and low-brow cultural registers. Gustavo Verdesio (verdesio@umich.edu). MW 4-5:30, 224 Dennison Course Guide.
Spanish 332.001. Narratives of Latin America and Spain. (3)
Two types of the twentieth-century short story for which Spanish America has become internationally famous: (1) the surrealist or fantastic type; and (2) the testimonial type. Diane Marting (dmarting@umich.edu). MWF 11-12, 1139 Natural Science Course Guide.
Spanish 341.001. Introduction to Latin America. (3)
Camarero. MWF 10-11, 3409 Mason Course Guide.
Spanish 382.001. Survey of Latin American Literature II - Latin American Literature of the 20th Century. (3)
The main literary and cultural trends in twentieth-century Latin American poetry, narrative, and theater. Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola. TTh 10-11:30, 1448 Mason Course Guide.
Spanish 432.001. Gender, Writing, and Culture - Contemporary Latin America. (3)
Critical concepts on the binary of gender and its history in Spanish American literature. Examples from 20th-century Latin American visual arts will be compared with written manifestations of gender. Diane Marting (dmarting@umich.edu). MWF 2-3, 1448 Mason Course Guide.
Spanish 437.001. Introduction to Literary Studies. (3)
Explores questions on the study of literature via a series of readings of fiction, literary criticism, and literary theory. Santiago Colas. TTh 8:30-10, B129 MLB Course Guide.
Spanish 438.001. Economics and Politics of Literature. (3)
Studies the symbiosis of politics, economy, and fiction in the making of modern Latin America. Javier Sanjines (snajines@umich.edu). MWF 1-2, B124 MLB Course Guide.
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). MW 7-8:30 pm, 1139 Natural Science Course Guide.
Spanish 476.001. Latin American Poetry. (3)
Qué son los sueños? Qué misterio guardan? Qué revelan sobre nuestro ser, sobre el mundo que habitamos; sobre la vida, la existencia, la realidad, el tiempo, el más allá, la muerte? Hugo Moreno. TTh 11:30-1, 315 Dennison Course Guide.
Spanish 485.001. Case Studies - Borges as Genre. (3)
An in-depth view of the works of Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), the most influential Latin American writer of the 20th century. Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola. TTh 1-2:30, 3527 Frieze Course Guide.
Spanish 488.001. Topics in Spanish Literature - Cortazar and Keats. (3)
Santiago Colas. TTh 11:30-1, 430 Dennison Course Guide.
Spanish 488.002. Topics in Spanish Literature - Paideia mexicana: La huella del helenismo en el Mexico revolucionario. (3)
El heleno-centrismo en la obra (literaria, filosófica, magisterial, cultural y política) de un grupo de intelectuales que tuvieron una notoria influencia en la paideia mexicana revolucionaria (1910-1940). Hugo Moreno. TTh 2:30-4, 2114 MLB Course Guide.
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.
