Insular Borders of Latin(x) America
CHUM 274
Spring 2024 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
LAST 274, AMST 289, SPAN 274 |
Before and at the same time the United States established itself throughout the 19th century as a major power in the Americas and the world, various Latin American republics inherited and acted upon a similar imperialist agenda to expand their borders not only to neighboring territories but also across oceans. In this class, we will study and compare these imperialist gestures, among them the Spanish Empire's control of its remaining insular colonies in the 19th century (e.g., Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam) and the United States' successive claim to these very same islands. We will analyze literary works and films that interrogate these imperialist claims as well as the trajectories of islanders: for instance, the forced migration of the Rapanui (Easter Island people) in the second half of the 19th century (first as slaves to Peru and then to the town of Hanga Roa in Easter Island) and the island-to-island "intra-colonial" (Joanna Poblete) recruitment of Filipino and Puerto Rican laborers in sugar plantations in Hawai'i at the beginning of the 20th century. Some of the questions we will explore are: Why are islands so coveted by old and new empires? How have Rapanui, Filipino, and Puerto Rican migrants and their descendants resisted authorities on the insular borders of empire? How do writers and artists tell these silenced histories? Can we speak of Latinidad and Edouard Glissant's concept of Poetics of Relation in a Pacific Ocean context? Readings will be in Spanish and English. All discussions and assignments will be in Spanish. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: SPAN221 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(CBST-MN)(HISP)(HRAD-MN)(LAST) |
Major Readings:
José de Diego, CANTOS DE REBELDÍA (1916)
Pedro Prado, LA REINA DE RAPA NUI (1914)
Pablo Neruda, LA ROSA SEPARADA (1974)
Manuel Ramos Otero, PÁGINA EN BLANCO Y STACCATO (1987)
Édouard Glissant, LA TERRE MAGNÉTIQUE: LES ERRANCES DE RAPA NUI, L¿ÎLE DE PÂQUES (2007)
Craig Santos Perez, FROM UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY [HACHA] (2008), [SAINA] (2010), [GUMA¿] (2014), [LUKAO] (2017)
Lanny Thompson, IMPERIAL ARCHIPELAGO: REPRESENTATION AND RULE IN THE INSULAR TERRITORIES UNDER U.S. DOMINION AFTER 1898 (2010)
Camilla Fojas, ISLANDS OF EMPIRE: POP CULTURE AND U.S. POWER (2014)
JoAnna Poblete, ISLANDERS IN THE EMPIRE: FILIPINO AND PUERTO RICAN LABORERS IN HAWAI`I (2014)
Riet Delsing, ARTICULATING RAPA NUI: POLYNESIAN CULTURAL POLITICS IN A LATIN AMERICAN NATION-STATE (2015)
Sergio Rapu, EATING UP EASTER (2018)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Active participation, weekly posts in Moodle, oral presentations, two shorter papers, and one longer research paper |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is intended for students who have completed at least SPAN 221 or the equivalent with a B- or better. Students who have not done so should consult with the professor before pre-registering. Readings, written assignments, and class discussion will be in Spanish. Only COL students may take this course CR/U. |
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