Course |
ARTH 160 Survey of Latin American Art |
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Professor |
Susan Aberth |
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CRN |
17366 |
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Schedule |
Tu
Th 2:30 -3:50 pm OLIN 102 |
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Distribution |
OLD: A/D |
NEW: Analysis
of Art / Rethinking Difference
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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 |
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Schedule |
Wed Fr 3:00 -4:20 pm OLIN 203 |
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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