Latin American Cultures and Civilizations

Course description Since its discovery until the present, Latin America has been imagined and conceived as the “New Continent”, a place for utopia, but also as a space of uneven modernity and extreme forms of violence. The courseexplores distinctive cultural aspects of Latin America by looki...

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Autor principal: Manara, Alejandro
Formato: Learning Object
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Program in Argentine and Latin American Studies (PALAS) - Universidad de Belgrano 2015
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Latin American
Cultures
Civilizations
Culturas
Civilizaciones
américa latina
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4911
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Repositorio Institucional - Universidad de Belgrano (UB) de Universidad de Belgrano
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topic Latin American
Cultures
Civilizations
Culturas
Civilizaciones
américa latina
spellingShingle Latin American
Cultures
Civilizations
Culturas
Civilizaciones
américa latina
Manara, Alejandro
Latin American Cultures and Civilizations
topic_facet Latin American
Cultures
Civilizations
Culturas
Civilizaciones
américa latina
description Course description Since its discovery until the present, Latin America has been imagined and conceived as the “New Continent”, a place for utopia, but also as a space of uneven modernity and extreme forms of violence. The courseexplores distinctive cultural aspects of Latin America by looking at the ways it has been represented in readings spanning from the diaries written by Christopher Columbus to the texts of the Cuban Revolution, the iconography of Peronismo, or the recent debates on Neoliberalism, Globalization and Populism. Drawing on essays, but also on short-stories, paintings, photographs, and films, the course addresses a set of questions that lie at the heart of how one thinks about LatinAmerica. What is expected from “Latin America”? What were the different “ideas” that Latin America embodied? What are the forms of “Latin American” culture? Howare the different “cultures” connected? The purpose of the course is threefold: to introduce students to problems central to Latin America, to familiarize students with a variety of non-fictional writings in Spanish, such as essay, chronicle, journalism and documentary films, and to sharpen student’s skills as analytical readers.
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title Latin American Cultures and Civilizations
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title_fullStr Latin American Cultures and Civilizations
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publishDate 2015
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