GHS 204 - Contact Zones: Latin America beyond Futbol, Narcos and Food

Min Units: 3
Max Units: 3
Latin America is more than food and futbol. Instead,”Latin America” is the complex product of colonial encounters, different forms of struggle, and multiple negotiations. This course introduces students to the study of Latin America through the lens of contact zones, i.e. places where different peoples and cultures “meet, clash, grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power.” Exploring how privilege, race ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class, as cultural constructions, have emerged through colonial relations of power, the course aims to dismantle cultural stereo types of the region by emphasizing the diversity and complexity of its peoples. (U) Fall, Spring