Africa in Brazil
CHUM 317
Spring 2006
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01
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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. As a result, we address the history of West and West Central Africa along with the history of Portugal and Latin America. Brazil¿s history must be understood in terms of colonialism, imperialism, religion, gender, and race across the time and space of the Atlantic world. 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. Even Candomblé religion and Carnaval have an historical and political perspective. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Speaking, Writing, 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 |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
James Sweet, RECREATING AFRICA: CULTURE, KINSHIP, AND RELIGION IN THE AFRICAN PORTUGUESE WORLD, 1411-1770
Joao Jose Reis, SLAVE REBELLION IN BRAZIL: THE MUSLIM UPRISING OF 1835 IN BAHIA
Kim Butler, FREEDOMS GIVEN, FREEDOMS WON: AFRO-BRAZILIANS IN POST-ABOLITION SAO PAULO AND SALVADOR
Antonio Olinto, THE WATER HOUSE
Ruth Landes, THE CITY OF WOMEN
J. Lorand Matory, BLACK ATLANTIC RELIGION: TRADITION, TRANSNATIONALISM, AND MATRIARCHY IN AFRO-BRAZILIAN CANDOMBLE
Lilia Schwarz, THE SPECTACLE OF THE RACES: SCIENTISTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND THE RACE QUESTION IN BRAZIL, 1970-1930
Michael Hanchard, ORPHEUS AND POWER: THE MOVIMENTO NEGRO OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 1945-1988
Carolina Maria de Jesus, THE UNEDITED DIARIES OF CAROLINA MARIA DE JESUS
Films:
Abolition
Umbanda
Black Orpheus
City of God
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reading responses, one short paper (6 pages), one class presentation/lead class discussion, graded research proposal, final research project (15 pages). |
| Instructor(s): Semley,Lorelle D. Times: ....R.. 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK403; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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