04:30 PM to 07:10 PM T
West Building 1004
Section Information for Fall 2016
Sun, sex, gold, cotton, Henry Ford, slavery, race, empire… and, of course, a lady in a tutti-frutti hat. In this class, we will consider these and other facets of diplomatic and cultural relations between Brazil and the United States, from Brazil’s Empire to the (very different) empire of United States. Brazil has often been cast as the “funhouse mirror” image of the USA—these are two nation-states of continental proportions, settler societies forged in slaveocracy, with very different geopolitical destinies. How did Brazil become the Giant of the Global South, and the United States the Gigante do Norte—the “Giant of the North”? How have Brazilians imagined America, and how have North Americans imagined Brazil and Brazilians? Relatedly, how have relations between governments, businesses, and people been shaped by those imagined alterities? Our readings and discussions will take us into the political economy of Brazilian-US relations, but also into the territory of filmic and literary representation, tourism (from travel narratives to the sex tourism industry), and the history of contemplating the “other” giant of the Americas.
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Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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