WOMS361  - History of Women in Latin America

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This course is a survey of human and cultural elements of women’s lives in contemporary Latin America. Students explore women’s roles in traditional Latin American societies undergoing modernization. Students also examine the issues of development and industrialization felt by Latin American women in both cities and rural areas.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 05/27/12 Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Rereading Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Political Economy of Gender
ISBN: 0742510751
Publication Info: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2002
Author: Abbassi, Jennifer and Lutijens, Sheryl L
Unit Cost: $36.75

Book Title: From Grandmother to Granddaughter: Salvadoran Women's Stories
ISBN: 0520222407
Publication Info: University of California Press, 2004
Author: Gorkin, Michael
Unit Cost: $23.00

 
 
 

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