Prerequisites: ANTH 001 or ANTH 001H, upper-division standing; or consent of instructor
Description: Provides an overview of Andean society, past and present. Examines the colonial matrix in which Iberian and Andean social, political, and cultural forms came together. Uses ethnogra- phies, indigenous narratives, and film about contem- porary Andean society to address issues of class, eth- nicity, gender, and the politics of representation. ANTH 140-O. An Anthropology of Mexicans of the Southwest United States (4) Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Familiarizes stu- dents with the content and process of “U.S. Mexican Cultures.” Stresses the manner in which Mexican popu- lations have long survived the stresses and strains of transmigration, cultural “bumping,” human adaptation, and creating viable cultural systems of survival and expression largely within the U.S. Southwest.