HIST 3708 Race in Colonial Latin America

4 semester hours

This course examines the complicated history of race in Latin America, including how Latin Americans used race to organize society and how this social construct shaped the experiences of men and women of different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Topics include: race mixture, racial classification, and cultural hybridity; slavery and emancipation; immigration; nationalism and citizenship; and the intersections of race, gender, and class.