Latin American Studies 388 - Postmodernism & Latin America

Spring
2015
01
4.00
Lowell Gudmundson
W 07:00PM-09:50PM
Mount Holyoke College
91139
Skinner Hall 210
lgudmund@mtholyoke.edu
90926,91139
For many the 'discovery' of America opened the modern era. Its closing may also have been foretold in Latin America's confounding of diverse theories of modernization and development in recent times. This seminar will introduce the student to a number of both classic and more recent works on Latin America (in English) that advance along postmodernist lines, ranging from cultural contact and conflict, language, meaning, and power in the sixteenth century, to the invention of national identities in the nineteenth century, to discourses of ethnicity, class, gender, and reason in the twentieth century.
This course is open to Juniors and Seniors.; Prereq: 8 credits in Latin American studies or related field.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.