LATA 2800
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Classes
LATA 2800
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.
This course provides an introduction and overview of Brazilian culture. It will study different periods of Brazilian history, through the analysis of films, literature, essays, visual arts, and music. Students will explore different definitions of Brazilian identity and "Brazilianness" focusing on key topics including the formation of the colonial Brazil and the emergence of the nation of Brazil as a tropical paradise; slavery and abolition; the particularities century; and the contradictions of the modernization process throughout the 20th century. We will consider elements of Brazilian popular culture such as Carnival, Samba, and "telenovels," and some of the most important cultural movements of the 20th century, such as "Modernismo," "Cinema Novo," and "Tropicalia." The primary objective of the course is to provide students with the relevant background to understand Brazilian cultural history.
When Offered Spring.
Distribution Category (GLC-AS, SCD-AS) (CA-AG, D-AG)
Course Attribute (EC-LASP)
Comments Conducted in English.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PORT 2800
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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