SPAN 4765

Latin American Food Studies

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

This course explores the relationship between food and culture in Latin America. It asks what we eat and why, and in what contexts. We will examine how colonialism and globalization have shifted consumption patterns in Latin America, as well as the environmental implications of different agricultural practices. Students will whet their appetites with a variety of literary texts, films, and images about food.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: SPAN 2180.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (CA-AG, FL-AG, LA-AG)
Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Comments This is the mandatory senior seminar for Spanish majors.

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