HIST 291 - Latin America in the US Imagination

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Latin American Studies, Hispanic Studies
Next Offered: Spring 2012
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, WR, CD
How people in the United States understand Latin America may have more to do with imagery than scholarship. Through editorial cartoons, photographs, and films, ‘Latin America’ has appeared in the U.S. imagination as perpetual child, bandit, revolutionary, temptress, drug dealer, and much else. In this course, we will study how images do their work, and how they have fashioned a representation of Latin America in the United States that makes understanding problematic.

 
Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: S. Volk
Consent of the Instructor Required? No
Prerequisites & Notes
This course counts as a Latin American Studies core course.  Preferred preparation: HIST 110.