History 180 - Intro to Latin American Cultrs

Spring
2017
01
4.00
Lowell Gudmundson
TTH 02:40PM-03:55PM
Mount Holyoke College
98764
Skinner Hall 202
lgudmund@mtholyoke.edu
98940,98764
Examines the confrontation, assimilation, and transformation of Amerindian, African, and European cultures in Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present. Focuses on the processes in which distinctive self-images emerged in the region and how these images have been challenged and changed over time. Uses films, literature, and folk traditions to complement scholarly analysis of the emergence of a New World mentality.
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