Race, Class, and Gender in Brazil

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Overview

Subject code

LTS

Course Number

3025

Description

This course examines the poly-cultural history of Brazil by using a theoreticalframework that emphasizes the role of race, gender, and ethnicity--and howthese variables have affected socio-economic mobility in Brazil. The coursewill in particular explore the significance of Portuguese colonialism, and therole of African/Indigenous heritage people in Brazil. Also the course will focuson other European immigrants that came in the late nineteenth century andearly twentieth century such as the German, Italians, and Spanish. There willalso be special attention paid to the large populations of Japanese andMiddle-eastern people that came to Brazil as well. Furthermore the coursewill explore how these various ethnic groups have produced hybrid culturesin art, music, dance, cuisine as well in other cultural idioms that have shapeda poly-cultural Brazilian community. (Students will receive credit for HIS 3025or LTS 3025. These courses may substitute for each other with theF-replacement policy.)

Career

Undergraduate

Credits

Value

3

Max

3

Min

3

Course Count

1

Number Of Credits

3

Number Of Repeats

1

Repeatable

No

Contact Use

Yes

Generate Attendance

No

Left Use

Yes

Present Use

Yes

Reason Use

Yes

Tardy Use

Yes

Template Override

No

Time Use

Yes

Attendance Type

Class Meeting

Auto Create

No

Code

LEC

Instructor Contact Hours

3

Default Section Size

15

Final Exam Type

Yes

Include in Dynamic Date Calc

No

Instruction Mode

In Person

LMS File Type

Blackboard CourseInfo 4

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Lecture

OEE Workload Hours

0

Optional Component

No

Preferred Room Features

Academic Scheduling

Workload Hours

3