ANTH 2110 - Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
3 Credits
Introduces the diverse cultures of Latin America and the factors that influence people’s lives and cultural expressions. Course topics include colonization, globalization, religion, identity and ethnicity, social movements, migration, and the relationships between culture and gender, language, art, music, and the environment.
Major Content Areas
Pre- and post-colonial cultural groups
The legacy of colonization and resistance
Independence and nation-building
Globalization, neoliberalism, and migrationReligion
Identity and ethnicity
Gender and sexuality
Food culture and culinary expression
Art and visual expression
Music and oral expression
Learning Outcomes
Articulate the legacy of colonization and resistance.
Describe how ethnicity and identity are shaped by larger societal factors.
Evaluate various forms of religious, artistic, and linguistic expression and how they are informed by culture, ethnicity, political processes, and social movements, among other factors.
Articulate how gender is shaped and expressed through intersectionality.
Describe the inter-relationships between culture, the environment, globalization, neoliberalism, and migration and how they shape contemporary lifeways.
Define the anthropological concept of culture and explain how anthropologists use this concept to account for similarities and differences among Latin American societies.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
08 - Global Perspective
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