Anthropology 269 - INDIG CLT & STATE IN MESOAMER

Spring
2016
01
4.00
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
MW 02:40-04:00
Smith College
41350-S16
SEELYE 313
farmstro@smith.edu
This course is a general introduction to the relationship between indigenous societies and the state in Mesoamerica. Taking a broad historical perspective, we explore the rise of native state-level societies, the transformations that marked the process of European colonization, and the relationship of local indigenous communities to post-colonial states and transnational social movements. Texts used in the course place special emphasis on continuities and changes in language, social organization, cosmology and identity that have marked the historical experience of native groups in the region.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.