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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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ANTH 226 - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0


This course takes an anthropological approach to the study of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on Latin Americans of African descent. It briefly  examines conquest, the legacy of colonialism, and slavery, before taking an in-depth ethnographic approach to study contemporary regional themes and issues, such as: race, racism and identity, gender, ethnicity, multiculturalism, indigenous social movements, human rights, globalization, tourism, urbanization, religion, health and coping with illness, popular culture, and food.

Offered: Fall Semester



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