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Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
This course examines a series of contemporary cultural and social issues in Latin America through the study of case studies in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Nicaragua, Chile, Peru and Bolivia. Among the topics we will analyze are: feminicide- or the killing of women due to their gender, abortion rights, historical and cultural memory, peace and war, sexual abuse and male power, politics and corruption, machismo and racism. The course ends with the ethics and life style based on the community practiced by the Andean world and summarized in the thirteen principles of “el buen vivir o Sumak Kawsay.” Through the readings and discussion of newspaper articles, academic publications, documentaries, interviews and films, the class will pay close attention to the current state of democracy in these countries and the way a neoliberal market economy and globalization have impacted rights (civil and human rights) and social life. In societies that have undergone a violent past due to dictatorships, civil wars and/or structural inequities, social movements play a major role to advance progressive political and social agendas such as free and secure abortion demands, land rights, indigenous rights, gender justice and gender identity reflect in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru show today.
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