Afro-Latin America: Culture, History, and Society.

1 Course Unit

A transnational and interdisciplinary examination of the black experience in Latin America and the Spanish, French and English-speaking Caribbean, since slavery to the present. Combining cultural analysis with the study of fundamental theoretical works on race and racialization, students will gain a thorough comprehension of historical, political and sociocultural processes shaping the existence of Afro-descendants in the Americas. The scrutiny of systemic racial exclusion and marginalization will allow the understanding of how these dividing practices condition cultural production. Fall or Spring Also Offered As: AFRC 3812, SPAN 3812 Prerequisite: SPAN 1800 OR SPAN 1900 1 Course Unit