Course	PS 339 Populism and Popular Culture in Latin America
Professor	Pierre Ostiguy
CRN	15472
Schedule	Wed Fr 3:00 – 4:20 pm OLIN 201
Distribution	OLD: C	NEW: Social Science / Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: LAIS

Politically incorporating the voices and claims of the poor mass of the population has been an extraordinarily tumultuous and salient issue in 20^th century Latin America, from the Mexican revolution to Peronism in Argentina to Chavez in Venezuela today. This course will first present the very different kinds of political regimes that have developed in Latin America, and their logic, from personalistic dictatorships and “oligarchical liberalism” to populism, modernizing dictatorships, and liberal democracy. Then we will explore the connections between political phenomena, especially clientelism and populism, and concrete forms of popular culture in Latin America. Examples of popular culture covered include the culture of soccer fans in Argentina; tango, its lyrics, and “manly” demeanor; carnival, rogues, and messiahs in Brazil; and icons of popular and national identity in Mexico. In examining these cultural forms, we will look at understandings of sexuality in Latin American popular culture and how these understandings figure in political discourse and appeals. We will discuss how popular culture is used instrumentally in politics but also provides resources for resistance.

Course	LIT 2307 Rewriting Conquest: Latin America and the Anglo-American Imagination
Professor	Cole Heinowitz
CRN	15175
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00 – 4:20 pm OLIN 310
Distribution	OLD: B	NEW: Literature in English

See literature section for description.

Course	PS 153 Politics of Development in Latin America
Professor	Omar Encarnacion
CRN	15370
Schedule	Mon Wed 11:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 205
Distribution	OLD: C	NEW:

See Political Studies section for description.

Course	PS 320 The Spread of Democracy
Professor	Omar Encarnacion
CRN	15372
Schedule	Tu 10:30 - 12:50 pm OLIN 310
Distribution	OLD: C	NEW:

See Political Studies section for description.

Course	SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II: Introduction to Hispanic Culture and Civilization
Professor	TBA
CRN	15191
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:00 - 11:00 am Olin L.C. 120 Tu Th 10:00 - 11:00 am OLIN 107
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture

See Spanish section for descriptions.

Course	SPAN 240 Testimonies of Latin America: Perspectives from the Margins
Professor	Nicole Caso
CRN	15277
Schedule	Mon Wed 3:00 -4:20 pm OLIN 301
Distribution	OLD: D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture; Rethinking Difference

Course	SPAN 314 Advanced Survey in Spanish
Professor	TBA
CRN	15193
Schedule	Tu Th 1:30 -2:50 pm OLIN 306
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture

Course	SPAN / LIT 340 Cervantes' Don Quixote
Professor	Gabriela Carrion
CRN	15187
Schedule	Tu Th 3:00 -4:20 pm Olin L.C. 210
Distribution	OLD: B/D	NEW: Foreign Language, Literature, & Culture