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| Class meetings: | Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30- 3:50pm |
| Class location: | School of Management, Rm 323 |
| Instructor: | John Burdick |
| My e-mail: | jsburdic@maxwell.syr.edu |
| Office phone: | 443-3822 |
| Office location: | 404C Maxwell Hall |
| Office Hours: | TTh 10:30-noon |
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CULTURE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA
Spring 2000Anthropology 523
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| Class meetings: | Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30- 3:50pm |
| Class location: | School of Management, Rm 323 |
| Instructor: | John Burdick |
| My e-mail: | jsburdic@maxwell.syr.edu |
| Office phone: | 443-3822 |
| Office location: | 404C Maxwell Hall |
| Office Hours: | TTh 10:30-noon |
Since the 1980s, the societies of Latin America have been profoundly reshaped by the epochal forces of neoliberalism, globalization, and redemocratization. In the process, people who have long been politically marginalized – indigenous groups, women, peasants, gays, blacks – have struggled to assert their rights and make their voices heard. In this course, you will learn about several of the most important of these social movements, focussing especially on their origins, dynamics, and ongoing social and cultural impact. In addition, you will develop tools to analyze not only these struggles, but other social movements in Latin America and elsewhere in the world
Course Requirements:
| Participation | 10% of grade | |
| 1 discussion leads | 5% of grade | |
| 5 analytical responses to sections (of possible 6) 4-5 pages | 40% of grade | |
| 1 joint presentation | 10% of grade | |
| Final project and presentation (12-15 pages) | 35% of grade (5% for presentation, 30% for paper) |
Readings to Purchase:
| Marguerite Bouvard, Revolutionizing Motherhood (1994) | |
| Elizabeth Brusco, The Reformation of Machismo (1994) | |
| John Holloway, ed., Zapatista! (1998) | |
| Richard Parker, Beneath the Equator (1998) | |
| Rebecca Reichmann, ed. Race in Contemporary Brazil (1999) | |
| Lynn Stephen, Women and Social Movements in Latin America (1997) | |
| Reader #4938 (Campus Copy, Marshall Square Mall) |
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