Imagining Latin America: Myths and Realities in Modern Latin America

Donna Guy
Fall 2016
WEDNESDAYS |  
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
September 28 - December 14, 2016. No class on October 12 and November 23.
Course Format: Hybrid
Location: Main Campus
Tuition: $195

Stereotypes of dictators, machismo, endemic drug violence, and staunch Catholicism are often applied to Latin America. Countries as different as Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil are lumped together despite varying ethnicities and economics. How can we tell the difference between the myths and the realities? How can a little island like Cuba so enrage the United States? This ten-week course approaches these questions topically. Lectures and selected readings explore topics such as the decline of Catholicism, democracy, the role of Jews and Muslim immigrants in shaping this region, U.S.-Latin American relations, charismatic leaders, the history of drug production, and women in the future of Latin America. Military regimes and guerrilla movements will also be covered. The aim of this course is to inform, share opinions, entertain, and help people understand news and politics from an informed perspective.

Required Reading

Students enrolling in this class do not need to purchase a textbook. Instead, readings uploaded to a secure site will be made accessible by the end of August.

Meet Your Instructor

Professor Emerita

DONNA J. GUY is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Humanities and History (Ohio State University) and Professor Emerita of History (University of Arizona). She has published many books and articles, including in 2016 Creating Charismatic Bonds in Argentina: Letters to Juan and Eva Perón.    

Location

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Dorothy Rubel Room
1508 E Helen
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States

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