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Course Info for POLS - 347 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 3015 Title: The Pol of Race in Latin Amer Department: Political Science
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 4
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, LSC - 135 Instructor(s): Salgado, Gabriel
Prerequisite(s): This course is only open to sophomores and juniors.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences and Global Requirements
Note: This course is a Sophomore/Junior Seminar
Course Description:
This course focuses on the major concepts which have shaped dominant understandings of race in Latin America throughout the 20th century: mestizaje, the interpretation of Latin American racial identity as one of mixture; indigenismo, the emphasis on indigeneity as constitutive of racial identity in Latin America; and racial democracy, the argument that higher rates of miscegenation in Latin America (particularly Brazil) reflected a history of harmonious race relations. In addition to these three concepts, we will survey current issues related to race in the region such as the production of new sets of rights for Indigenous peoples and movements for the recognition of Afro-Latin American peoples.