Africa in Brazil
CHUM 317
Spring 2007 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
HIST 335, LAST 335, AFAM 336 |
This upper level seminar focuses on historical, socioeconomic, and cultural links between Africa and Brazil. Beginning with the trans-Atlantic slave trade we will examine the flow of people, ideas, and practices between Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The course includes a significant component of African history including West Africa, West Central Africa, and Southeast Africa. We also address the history of the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe (primarily Portugal). The purpose of the course is to examine critically these historical links and the expression of these connections in cultural practices such as candomblé, Catholicism, capoeira and Carnival. Additionally, government policies and artistic movements intersected in ways that highlighted the unique interactions between Africa, Latin America, and Europe that occurred in Brazil including "whitening" policies, the "Cannibal Manifesto," military regimes, and tropicalismo. Over the semester, we will look at these ongoing connections between Africa and Brazil as specific and historically contextualized, yet generally representative of broad events and movements in the modern era. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Josesh Miller: WAY OF DEATH: MERCHANT CAPITALISM AND THE ANGOLAN SLAVE TRADE, 1730-1830
George Reid Andrews: AFRO-LATIN AMERICA, 1800-2000
Joao Jose Reis: SLAVE REBELLION IN BRAZIL: THE MUSLIM UPRISING OF 1835 IN BAHIA
Ruth Landes: CITY OF WOMEN
Michael Hanchard: ORPHEUS AND POWER: THEMOVIMENTO NEGRO OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO BRAZIL, 1945-1988
Christopher Dunn: BRUTALITY GARDEN: TROPICALIA AND THE EMERGENCE OF BRAZILIAN COUNTERCULTURE
Benedita da Silva: BENEDITA DA SILVA: AN AFRO-BRAZILIAN WOMAN'S STORY OF POLITICS AND LOVE
Films:
Black Orpheus
Umbanda: The Problem Solver
City of God
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reading responses and participation-- 20%
2 short papers -- 20%
midterm--20%
oral presentation--10%
research paper--30% |
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