Life Stories From Latin America

Course Description
Life Stories from Latin America: This course explores life stories and what have been called "testimonials" that have emerged from Latin American contexts. The testimonial often surfaces through a politically urgent partnership of the person who tells her story and another person who records and edits the story. In relation to specific Latin American contexts, this course examines the social implications of these textual productions, draws parallels with the production of ethnographic and anthropological texts, and examines issues of power within these endeavors. We may focus on cases from Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and El Salvador. Students may take up other cases in their final papers. MCP, PRJ, REA, WRI