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21G.S01

Special Subject: Global Studies and Languages

Units arranged · Undergraduate

Opportunity for undergraduate study of subject matter that is not covered in the regular curriculum.

Spring 2015 · Modern Mexico: Representations of Mexico City's Urban Life

Topics

  • Conceptual Tools to Approach Mexican Urban Culture
  • 1880: Signs of the Metropolitan Development and Political Dissidence
  • The Revolution Arrives to the Capital
  • Cultural Nationalism, Avant Garde and Urban Spaces
  • Mexico City: The Bitter Taste of Progress (1940–50): Part I
  • Mexico City: The Bitter Taste of Progress (1940–50): Part 2
  • Carlos Fuente’s Comprehensive Gaze of the City
  • A Modern City. Place of Memory and Dystopia
  • Strolling Mexico City’s Emblematic Urban Spaces and Popular Culture
  • Tlatelolco and the 60’s
  • Last Day of Debates
  • Crisis, Democratization and Dispersion Part 2
  • 100 Years of Revolution
  • NAFTA and Mexico City Decentralization
  • Border Cities vs. Mexico City
  • A Global View of Mexico City Part 1
  • A Global View of Mexico City Part 2
  • A Global View of Mexico City Part 3

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Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: None Acad Year 2027-2028: Not offered Acad Year 2028-2029: U (Fall, Spring; second half of term) Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.

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