AMST 2721

Introduction to the Anthropology of Latine Communities

Course Description

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Representation is basic to anthropology. In the process of translating societies and cultures, anthropologists produce authoritative accounts about other people, their lives, and their communities. We will here examine, from a critical perspective, the production of representations on Latino culture[s] in anthropological texts. Issues to be explored include the relation between the ethnographer and the people s/he is studying, the contexts in which ethnographic texts are produced, the ways these texts may contribute to the position that different cultural groups have within the United States, and the implications emanating from these processes.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (CA-AS, SCD-AS, SSC-AS)
Course Attribute (EC-LASP)

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