Race, Class, and Gender in Brazil

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.)