Latin American Studies 288 - Modern Mexico

Fall
2017
01
4.00
Lowell Gudmundson
MW 02:40PM-03:55PM
Mount Holyoke College
100867
Skinner Hall 102
lgudmund@mtholyoke.edu
100774,100867
An analysis of the modern Mexican nation-state organized around three major themes: the conflictive yet symbiotic relationship with the United States, from the war of the 1840s through NAFTA most recently; the succession of reformist and revolutionary upheavals in 1810-1821, 1856-1867, 1910-1917, the 1930s, and again today, seeking to resolve both problems of the colonial past and new conflicts traceable to the very reforms generated by earlier political and social struggles; and the meaning of Mexican nationality from different ethnic, gender, and class perspectives. Readings include autobiographical and literary works, historical studies, and films.
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