Peoples of Latin America

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The course presents an overview of different cultures in Latin America, covering a range of topics including history, environment, race and ethnicity, religion, health, music, food, popular culture, globalization, and violence. Within this context, the perspective of cultural anthropology looks at the commonality of patterns shared across Latin America, at the same time that we examine the construction of cultural diversity, a diversity that has persisted into the modern era. We also examine how different Latin American peoples use culture, i.e., through their food, music, religion, and politics among other elements, as a way of shaping and conserving their ethnic identity. The class includes a mixture of lecture, discussion, films, music, and good food…