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	PORT - Porter Hall	108	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: Open	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 17	Available: 1	Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.