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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | SPANH240B001 |
| Course Title | Introduction to Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Spanish |
| Instructor | Huberman,Ariana |
| Times and Days | M 01:30pm-03:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2699 A multidisciplinary introduction to Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies, this course offers an overview of the fields cultural production in a socio-historical context. It introduces cultural expressions from crucial moments in the regions history: the peak of Indigenous civilizations, the Spanish conquest, early modern and colonial times, the rise of independence and nationalism, various forms of religious syncretism, and internal and transnational migrations. We will pay close attention to issues related to class, race, and gender, as well as transnational experiences and linguistic variations in written and visual texts, music, and performance studies. This course is designed to serve as the introduction to the concentration in Latin American and Iberian studies. It will be taught in English, but students who wish to obtain Spanish credit are expected to read Spanish language texts in the original and write all assignments in the language. Div: III; Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World (Hav: HU, A, B) |
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