Cultures in Contact in Colonial Spanish America

3 Hours

Explore how Indigenous and European cultures represent their often-unequal encounters in colonial Spanish America. Analyze alphabetic and visual texts to examine the complex issues of mapping and representations of self and others; intercultural interpretations and exchanges; rituals and performances of domination, subordination, and negotiation; and the construction of social identities in an evolving geographic and cultural space. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic: Cult Contact Colonial Spn Amer), Spanish 355 (Topic: Cult Contact Colonial Spn Amer), 355J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.