Course

ARTH 160   Survey of Latin American Art

Professor

Susan Aberth

CRN

17366

 

Schedule

Tu Th          2:30 -3:50 pm  OLIN 102

Distribution

OLD: A/D

NEW: Analysis of Art / Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: LAIS (core course), SRE, Theology

Related interest: Africana Studies

A broad overview of art and cultural production in Latin America, including South and Central America, Mexico, and the hispanophone Caribbean. A survey of major pre-Columbian monuments is followed by an examination of the contact between Europe and the Americas during the colonial period, 19th-century Eurocentrism, and the reaffirmation of national identity in the modern era. On-line registration

 

Course

PS / LAIS 217   Populism and Popular Culture in Latin America

Professor

Pierre Ostiguy

CRN

17231

 

Schedule

Wed Fr       3:00 -4:20 pm      OLIN 203

Distribution

OLD: C

NEW: Social Science / Rethinking Difference

Cross-listed: LAIS

Representing the poor majorities of the population, and socially incorporating them, have been a tumultuous and salient issue in 20th century Latin American politics, from the Mexican revolution, to Peronism in Argentina, to Hugo Chavez and the “Bolivarian revolution” in Venezuela today.  In Latin American, the notion of the pueblo, or “the people” as a collective, has played a central role in politics. But the “leader” also plays a key role in this emergence of “the people.” We will discuss the theoretical foundations, representational claims, and concrete appeal of populism. We will look at the role of populism in the creation of popular identities and at the relation between populism and “popular claims”. We will analyze the problematic relation between populism and liberalism, as well as that of both with democracy --or the Arule by the people.@  Populism as Aredemptive politics@ is often at odds with the Arule of law,@ while Athe people@ can also certainly mean quite different things. In the third part of the seminar, we will look at empirical cases of Latin American populism, examining classic populism in the 1930s-1950s and various ”new” populism from the late 1980s to its current spread this decade. Finally, we will explore the intriguing relation between populism and popular culture in Latin America, from Indigenism in Mexico to creolism in Argentina, back to politicized indigenous identities in the Andes. Issues of representation of Athe people,@ democracy, popular mobilization, and popular culture are thus key themes of this seminar on populism in Latin America. Priority for enrollment will be given to students who have taken PS 153 (or LAIS 203) . On-line registration