SJ0B779 Identity and culture in Spanish speaking countries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Athena Alchazidu, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eva Lukavská, CSc.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 G31
Prerequisites
The students are supposed to have passed the History exams: SJIA005 y SJIA009.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course offers a brief introduction into the study of cultural representations in the Spanish speaking countries of North America. Students will have an understanding of the importance of the historical background, and all decisive circumstances that contributed to the creation of cultural legacies.
Syllabus
  • TOPICS: 1. INTRODUCTION. Identity and Culture. 2. HISTORICAL FOCUS. Native Americans and their encounter with the Europeans. La Maliche and "malinchism". 3. GREAT INDIGENOUS CULTURES. MEXICO I: Toltecs, Olmecs and Aztecs. 4. GREAT INDIGENOUS CULTURES. MEXICO II, GUATEMALA, SALVADOR, HONDURAS: Mayas. 5.THE MOVEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE: conflicts of the indigenous people with the dominant society,Zapatist movement. 6. CONTEMPORARY PERIOD: AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE NEW MILENIUM. Comandante Marcos, Comandanta Ramona. 7. SOCIOLOGICAL FOCUS. IN THE NAME OF THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY. The figure of Rigoberta Menchú. 8. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE´S PERSPECTIVES. The coexistence in the western globalized world. 9. HOT CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. Majority society. Criminality and violence. Los maras, los Zetas. 10. CULTURAL FOCUS. URBAN SUBCULTURES´CULTURAL MANIFESTATIONS. “Los narcorridos”. 11. CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY´S PROBLEMS AS TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND MOVIES. 12. Evaluation.
Literature
  • Murphy, Robert F. (2008), Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie, Praha, Slon.
  • Soukup, Václav (2011), Antropologie. Teoria člověka a kultury.,Portál, Praha,
  • León-Portilla, Miguel (2007), Los pueblos indígenas de México. UNAM, México.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars. Homework preparation.
Assessment methods
Attendance (80%), regular homework preparation and active participation in seminars are required.
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis do předmětu je podmíněn souhlasem učitele
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013.
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