The following syllabus is subject to change, depending on circumstances.
Blog posts are due Tuesday evening, by midnight (Pacific Time); blog comments are due Thursday evening.
week 1 (January 11, 13, 15): what is culture? (Williams, Black Orpheus [first eleven minutes])
week 2 (January 20, 22): what is popular culture? (Child, Noble)
week 3 (January 27, 29): folktales and legends (Asturias, Arguedas)
week 4 (February 3, 5): food and drink (Castellanos, Brandt)
week 5 (February 11, 12): drugs (Spedding, Muehlmann)
week 6 reading week
week 7 (February 24, 26): revision and midterm exam. For this week, on your blog you will write about at least one text that will be part of your annotated bibliography related to your final project.
February 26: Your midterm is now available here
week 8 (March 3, 5): religion (González Viaña, Canals)
week 9 (March 10, 12): lucha libre (“Lucha libre,” The Fighting Cholitas)
March 17: annotated bibliography due
week 10 (March 17, 19): football (Galeano, Sant’Anna)
week 11 (March 24, 26): music (Moro no Brasil, Greene)
week 12 (March 31): comics (Cosse, The Eternaut)
week 13 (April 7, 9): TV and the Internet (Morgan, Grandinetti and Eszenyi)
week 14 (April 14): conclusions and revision
April 14: final project due
April 20: Your final exam is now available here
