Class Roster - Fall 2021 - Subject - Latin American Studies

LATA 1210

Elementary Quechua I

1210-1220 is an introductory sequence that allows students to develop basic fluency in Quechua, the most widely spoken indigenous language in the Americas. Students learn elements of Quechua's phonetics, ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: QUECH 1210
Credits and Grading Basis

3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

19236 LATA 1210 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MWF 8:00am - 8:50am Comstock Hall-Academic II B106
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Chango, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 2170

Early Modern Iberian Survey

This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 2170, SPAN 2170
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

4798 LATA 2170 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:45pm - 4:00pm Malott Hall 230
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Garrote Pascual, A

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Other	Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes Author Anonimo	Anonimo	9788497404211 Castalia	$12.00 - $15.95
Required	El Abencerraje Y La Hermosa Jarifa Author Anonimo	Anonimo	9788497403764 Adlers Foreign Books, Inc	$12.00 - $15.95
Required	Fuente Ovejuna Author Lope	Lope	9788437602738 Ideal Foreign Books	$10.50 - $13.95
Required	La Vida Es Sueno (castalia/didactica) Author Calderon De L	Calderon De L	9788497404471 Ideal Foreign Books	$12.00 - $15.95

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Prerequisite: SPAN 2070 or SPAN 2090, or CASE Q+, or permission of instructor.

LATA 2381

Corruption, Collusion, and Commerce in Early America and the Caribbean

Corruption in politics and economics has become a significant issue in the modern world. This course introduces students to the study of corruption and collusion from the perspective of early America and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2381, HIST 2381
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

17541 LATA 2381 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- TR 1:00pm - 2:15pm White Hall B02
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Schmitt, C

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Building the Devil's Empire : French Colonial New Orleans Author Dawdy, Shannon Lee	Dawdy, Shannon Lee	9780226138428 University Of Chicago Press	$22.50 - $30.00
Required	Piracy in the Early Modern Era: An Anthology of Sources Author Lane	Lane	9781624668241 Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated	$13.50 - $18.00
Required	The Smugglers' World: Illicit Trade and Atlantic Communities in Eighteenth-Century Venezuela Author Cromwell	Cromwell	9781469636887 Omohundro Institute Of Early American History & Culture	$30.00 - $39.95

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LATA 3015

Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

When sugar "was king," that is, when it was valued in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as we might value petroleum today, European nations went to war in order to possess the sugar producing islands ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3015, ASRC 3010, ROMS 3010, SHUM 3010
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18429 LATA 3015 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 1:00pm - 2:15pm Africana Ctr 111
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Aching, G

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Black Jacobins Author James	James	9780679724674 Random House, Inc.	$13.50 - $18.00
Required	Sugar In The Blood Author Stuart	Stuart	9780307474544 Western Publishing Company	$12.75 - $16.95
Required	Sweetness & Power Author Mintz	Mintz	9780140092332 The Penguin Group	$13.50 - $18.00

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LATA 3060

Modern Mexico: A Global History

This course provides a general, critical introduction to the history of Mexico since its independence from Spanish rule in the early nineteenth century. Rather than a chronological summation of events ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: HIST 3060, LSP 3061
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18552 LATA 3060 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- TR 2:45pm - 4:00pm Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Craib, R

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the U. S. A., the Philanthropic Ogre Author Paz	Paz	9780802150424 Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated	$12.75 - $17.00
Required	Mexican Lives Author Hellman, Judith Adler	Hellman, Judith Adler	9781565841789	$12.75 - $16.95
Required	Mexico Since Independence Author Bethell	Bethell	9780521423724 Cambridge University Press	$26.25 - $34.99
Required	The Sorrows of Mexico Author Poniatowska	Poniatowska	9780857056221 Quercus	$15.00 - $19.99

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Class Number & Section Details

18553 LATA 3060 DIS 201
Meeting Pattern
- F 12:25pm - 1:15pm McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Craib, R
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3566

Art and Architecture of the Pre-Columbian Americas

This course introduces students to the arts of the ancient Americas from circa 2000 BC to the Spanish invasions of the 15th and 16th centuries. The inhabitants of the Americas produced outstanding works ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3566, ARTH 3566, LSP 3566, VISST 3566
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18282 LATA 3566 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- MW 9:40am - 10:55am Statler Hall 165
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Cohen-Aponte, A
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3609

Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar

Deixa Sambar performs several styles of samba, Brazil's national music. Members need not have prior background in music-making, but a good sense of rhythm is desirable. Members include students as well ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3609
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

18370 LATA 3609 STU 501
Meeting Pattern
- R 7:30pm - 9:25pm Lincoln Hall B20
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Pond, S
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3613

Cornell Steel Band

The Cornell Steel Band explores the wide variety of music for an orchestra of instruments fashioned from 55-gallon oil drums, and an "engine room" of non-pitched percussion. Interwoven into the focus on ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MUSIC 3613
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

5960 LATA 3613 STU 501
Meeting Pattern
- W 4:30pm - 6:30pm Bailey Hall 101
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Miller, C
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 3681

The Art of Telling: Chicanx, Latinx, and AfroLatinx Testimonios

Testimonio is a genre of prose that offers eyewitness accounts of world-changing events—from crimes against humanity like forced migration, detention, and genocide to the violence of war, both at home ... view course details

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Syllabi:

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3680, ENGL 3680, FGSS 3681, LSP 3680
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

17231 LATA 3681 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- MW 2:45pm - 4:00pm Goldwin Smith Hall G22
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Diaz, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 4000

Contemporary Issues in Latin - Latino America

Interested in Latino Studies and Latin American Studies? This course will explore topics in Anthropology, Art, Economics, History, Literature, Government, Sociology, etc., of US Latino and Latin American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 6000, LSP 4000, LSP 6000
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

7269 LATA 4000 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- M 1:00pm - 2:15pm Stimson Hall G01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Bassi Arevalo, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 4155

Topics in Latin American Art

Most of the canonical histories and criticism of Latin American art depict a history of artistic production in which technology plays a minor or invisible role. This construction of history reinforces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 6155, VISST 4155, VISST 6155
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Section Topic

Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
Class Number & Section Details

18316 LATA 4155 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 12:25pm - 2:20pm Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Fernandez, M

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Latin American Modernisms and Technology Author Fernandez	Fernandez	9781569025291 Africa World Press	$30.00 - $39.95

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LATA 4250

Time and History in Ancient Mexico

An introduction to belief systems in ancient Mexico and Central America, emphasizing the blending of religion, astrology, myth, history, and prophecy. Interpreting text and image in pre-Columbian books ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4256, ANTHR 7250, ARKEO 4256, ARKEO 7250, LATA 7250, RELST 4256, RELST 7250
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8034 LATA 4250 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 9:05am - 11:00am McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Henderson, J

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Codex Borgia A Fullcolor Restoration Of The Ancient Mexican Manuscript Author Diaz	Diaz	9780486275697 Dover Publications	$17.25 - $22.95
Required	Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs: A Guide to Nahuatl Writing Author Whittaker	Whittaker	9780520380370 University Of California Press	$26.25 - $34.95
Required	Portraying the Aztec Past : The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin Author Rajagopalan, Angela Herren	Rajagopalan, Angela Herren	9781477316078 University Of Texas Press	$22.50 - $29.95
Required	Stories In Red And Black: Pictorial Histories Of The Aztecs And Mixtecs Author Boone	Boone	9780292719897 University Of Texas Press	$30.00 - $40.00

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LATA 6000

Contemporary Issues in Latin-Latino America

Interested in Latino Studies and Latin American Studies? This course will explore topics in Anthropology, Art, Economics, History, Literature, Government, Sociology, etc., of US Latino and Latin American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 4000, LSP 4000, LSP 6000
Credits and Grading Basis

1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

7271 LATA 6000 LEC 001
Meeting Pattern
- M 1:00pm - 2:15pm Stimson Hall G01
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Bassi Arevalo, E
To be determined. There are currently no textbooks/materials listed, or no textbooks/materials required, for this section. Additional information may be found on the syllabus provided by your professor.

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LATA 6155

Topics in Latin American Art

Most of the canonical histories and criticism of Latin American art depict a history of artistic production in which technology plays a minor or invisible role. This construction of history reinforces ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4155, ARTH 6155, LATA 4155, VISST 4155, VISST 6155
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))

Section Topic

Topic: Latin American Modernisms and Technology
Class Number & Section Details

18319 LATA 6155 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- W 12:25pm - 2:20pm Goldwin Smith Hall 164
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Fernandez, M

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Latin American Modernisms and Technology Author Fernandez	Fernandez	9781569025291 Africa World Press	$30.00 - $39.95

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LATA 7250

Time and History in Ancient Mexico

Explores the ways Mesoamericans understood the world and their place in it, and the ways they constructed history as these are reflected in the few books that have survived from the period before the European ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4256, ANTHR 7250, ARKEO 4256, ARKEO 7250, LATA 4250, RELST 4256, RELST 7250
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)

Class Number & Section Details

8037 LATA 7250 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- M 9:05am - 11:00am McGraw Hall 365
- Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
- Instructors
  
  Henderson, J

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Codex Borgia A Fullcolor Restoration Of The Ancient Mexican Manuscript Author Diaz	Diaz	9780486275697 Dover Publications	$17.25 - $22.95
Required	Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs: A Guide to Nahuatl Writing Author Whittaker	Whittaker	9780520380370 University Of California Press	$26.25 - $34.95
Required	Portraying the Aztec Past : The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin Author Rajagopalan, Angela Herren	Rajagopalan, Angela Herren	9781477316078 University Of Texas Press	$22.50 - $29.95
Required	Stories In Red And Black: Pictorial Histories Of The Aztecs And Mixtecs Author Boone	Boone	9780292719897 University Of Texas Press	$30.00 - $40.00

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LATA 1210 Elementary Quechua I

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LATA 2170 Early Modern Iberian Survey

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LATA 2381 Corruption, Collusion, and Commerce in Early America and the Caribbean

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LATA 3015 Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

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LATA 3060 Modern Mexico: A Global History

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LATA 3566 Art and Architecture of the Pre-Columbian Americas

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LATA 3609 Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar

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LATA 3613 Cornell Steel Band

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LATA 3681 The Art of Telling: Chicanx, Latinx, and AfroLatinx Testimonios

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LATA 4000 Contemporary Issues in Latin - Latino America

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LATA 4155 Topics in Latin American Art

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LATA 1210

Elementary Quechua I

LATA 2170

Early Modern Iberian Survey

LATA 2381

Corruption, Collusion, and Commerce in Early America and the Caribbean

LATA 3015

Sweetness: How Sugar Built the Modern World

LATA 3060

Modern Mexico: A Global History

LATA 3566

Art and Architecture of the Pre-Columbian Americas

LATA 3609

Brazilian Ensemble - Deixa Sambar

LATA 3613

Cornell Steel Band

LATA 3681

The Art of Telling: Chicanx, Latinx, and AfroLatinx Testimonios

LATA 4000

Contemporary Issues in Latin - Latino America

LATA 4155

Topics in Latin American Art

LATA 4250

Time and History in Ancient Mexico

LATA 6000

Contemporary Issues in Latin-Latino America

LATA 6155

Topics in Latin American Art

LATA 7250

Time and History in Ancient Mexico