AMST 224
U.S. Latina @ Religions
Spring 2016
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
LATS 224 / REL 224
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Class Details
In this course, we will engage aspects of Latin@ religious experiences, practices, and expressions in the United States of America. We examine moments where religious expressions intersect with politics, popular culture, and daily life in the U.S.A. Given the plurality of Latin@ communities and religious lives in the U.S.A., we will engage certain selected religious traditions and practices–such as popular Catholic devotions to Guadalupe, crypto-Judaism, curanderismo, Latin@ Muslims, and SanterĂa–by focusing on particular moments of religious expression as elucidated in specific historiographies, ethnographies, art, literature, and film. We will also consider, though more briefly, historical contexts in Iberia and Latin America, as well as questions of how one studies Latin@ religions. Rooting ourselves in the social, political, cultural, and historical contexts in which particular Latin@ religious formations developed, this EDI course examines issues of social and institutional power relations that influence particular religious formations.
The Class:
Format: discussion
Limit: none
Expected: 15
Class#: 3737
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: none
Expected: 15
Class#: 3737
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
based upon class participation, short writing exercises, a 5- to 8-page take-home midterm essay, and a 10- to 15-page final review essay
Prerequisites:
none
Distributions:
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LATS 224 Division II AMST 224 Division II REL 224 Division II
LATS 224 Division II AMST 224 Division II REL 224 Division II
Attributes:
AMST Comp Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora
LATS Core Electives
LATS Core Electives
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AMST 224 - 01 (S) LEC U.S. Latina @ Religions
AMST 224 - 01 (S) LEC U.S. Latina @ ReligionsDivision II Exploring Diversity InitiativeMWF 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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