Program in Argentine and Latin American Studies (PALAS)
http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/2927
2024-03-29T06:59:39ZTango: Gender, Nation & Identity (Special Topic on Cultural Studies)
http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4918
Tango: Gender, Nation & Identity (Special Topic on Cultural Studies)
Dieleke, Edgardo
Course description
When tango was born in Buenos Aires, in the second half of the 19th century, Argentina
was undergoing profound changes. With the arrival of millions of immigrants, the shape
of the city and its society began an intense process of modernization. A product from
the bordello and a “threat” to national identity, tango came to be a global success in
only twenty years. Acclaimed in Paris and New York,tango became a symbol for
Argentina and its new ways of thinking about sexuality, gender and class relations. This
course treats tango as a cultural artifact that condenses many of the key debates about
the relationships between popular culture and society. Through the study of tango
lyrics, plays, films, novels and other cultural productions, this course proposes a critical
analysis of theoretical problems such as national identity, gender studies and the
consumption of culture in a global era. The course combines lectures with seminar-style
classes encouraging discussion and participation. Students will also have to visit
different places in the city of Buenos Aires that are clearly linked to the history of tango.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZJorge Luis Borges: Visions of Culture and Knowledge
http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4917
Jorge Luis Borges: Visions of Culture and Knowledge
Manara, Alejandro
Course Description
Borges’ vision of the world as a Library of Babel and an Aleph anticipated
the information age and the development of the Internet by several
decades. However, although Borges can be regarded as the least
representative Latin American writer, not all his fictions address universal
problems. This course shows how many of his short stories, essays and
poems are embedded in and have contributed to the Latin American and
Argentine literary traditions. The course also considers Borges’ precursors
(Poe, Marcel Schwob and Kafka) and his followers (Donald Barthelme, Italo
Calvino and Umberto Eco, among others). Finally, it looks at Borges’
presence in visual culture: film, architecture and art.
Course Requirements
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZLatin America in the Global Economy
http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4916
Latin America in the Global Economy
Ramon-Berjano, Carola
This course will study the development patterns of Latin America since
colonial times to present days. Dependency from external factors has
underpinned Latin America´s economic development. This course will focus
on the specific issues that determined the economicdevelopment of the
region as a whole, as well as that of individual countries. The first part of
this course will focus on economic history. In the second part, students are
expected to choose one country from a list of LatinAmerican countries and
conduct research. A case study of the chosen country’s patterns of
development and how economic history forged present-day conditions
/issues /disparities/insertion in the world will bepresented, both orally -
approximately 25 minutes followed by a 10-15 discussion – as well as
written, both with a substantial weigh in the totalfinal grade of the course,
as seen below. The third part of the course will focus on the future
prospects of Latin American development, future dilemmas and strategies
to follow.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZGender History in Latin America
http://repositorio.ub.edu.ar/handle/123456789/4915
Gender History in Latin America
Anderson, Patricia
Course Description
The course will provide a brief introduction to thehistory of gender in
Latin America by focusing on the multiple manners in which womanhood
has been constructed and experienced from the Conquest up to the
twentieth century. Placing a special emphasis on how categories such as
race and social class have mediated and defined their experiences, the
course will explore some of the differences betweenwomen as well as
their attempts to bridge these differences. We willexamine a variety of
issues such as labour and family relations, sexuality, religion, education,
and the evolution of political and civil rights in order to demonstrate that
women have actively participated in and shaped their own historical
destinies. By using a variety of primary sources the course will seek to
explore and understand some of the challenges that women have faced
over time and the manners in which they have actively contributed to
shape Latin American history.
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z