Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Undergraduate and Graduate Lecture
Tu Th 1:10-2:25PM
This course will introduce students to major scientific, racial, and cultural theories that marked 19th-century Brazilian society. We will read and discuss how racial ideologies like “whitening,” “miscegenation” and “racial democracy” played critical roles in Brazil’s transition to a republic. Throughout, we will analyze literature, illustrations, and photography that constructed a relationship between race, science, and medicine to better understand the role that scientific racism played in constructing discourses about national identity. Course texts include literature, chronicles, short stories, vaudeville, carnival parades, songs, music, photography, and newspaper articles. Students will gain a vivid picture of Brazilian society in the early stages of nation-building, which will provide new ways of understanding and addressing contemporary challenges in Brazil and beyond.
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