Section Info: ANTHR-316LA-01

Course Title: Special Topics in Anthropology: 'Race and Religion in Latin America'
Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025
Term: Spring Semester 2025
Description: The course will begin with an investigation of the proto-racial and religious categories through which Europeans in the early modern era understood human difference. From there, we will trace how these notions were re-conceptualized in the centuries following the encounter between Europeans, Africans, and the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. As we examine this history -- including the emergence of slavery, eugenics, mestizaje, and Liberation Theology -- we will pay particular attention to how interwoven racial and religious hierarchies were both constructed and resisted. The final section of the course will concentrate on the contemporary entanglements of race and religion in the region.
Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
William Girard             wgirard@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   Seminar   Tuesday   01:30PM - 04:20PM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: 8 credits in Anthropology, Religion, or Latin American Studies. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
LATAM0001   LATAM: Latin American Studies minor   This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor.  

Cross-listed Sections        
ANTHR-316LA-01 Race & Religion in Latin Amer  
RELIG-331LA-01 Race & Religion in Latin Amer  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 15     Enrollment: 14     Available: 0     Waitlist: 8
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.