Spanish 246 - TOPICS IN LATIN AMERICAN LIT

Topics course. Most accounts of the slave trade and anti-slavery and abolition movements reflect European historical points of view. Few are the original documents by former slaves, but many are the actions and events documented in archives and chronicles regarding revolts. The goal of this class is to search for the voices and actions of the cimarrones, the "rebellious subjects" that sought freedom from the moment they were captured. The class explores the cultural phenomena of cimarronaje and the many run-away enclaves formed by Africans throughout the Americas. Attention is given to strategies of resistance particularly in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia.

Topic: Race and Rebellion: Palenques and Cimarrones in the Americas.