Brazilian Vanguards

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This course analyzes major themes in the social, cultural and political history of Brazil from Independence (1822) to the present. Themes include the following: Independence, colonial legacies and national identity; state formation and the question of citizenship; the African slave trade; slave emancipation and the crisis of the monarchy; urban renewal and popular protest; social movements in rural areas; populism; the myth of racial democracy and its crisis; Brazilian popular music; Brazilian soccer; favelas and urbanization; dictatorship and democracy.