America Contemporanea

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course provides a broad vision of the history of the 20th century in Latin America, focusing on both the common elements and the diversity of experiences that can be found in the different historical processes that have marked the continent. Special emphasis will be placed on the cultural aspects of social and political processes that were significant during the 20th century, approaching them from analytical perspectives of race, class, and gender. The general contents of the course include the emergence of new political actors at the turn of the century, revolutions, the rise of populism, the influence of the United States, the role of the Catholic Church on the continent, military dictatorships and the construction of post-dictatorship historical memories in Latin America. The course will address the history of Contemporary Latin America through group discussions of academic texts and analysis of sources.