week 1: no class (MLA Congress)

week 2 (January 10 and 12): what is culture? (Williams, Keesing)

week 3 (January 17 and 19): what is the people? (Perón, Borges)

week 4 (January 24 and 26): what is popular culture in Latin America? (Rowe and Schelling)

week 5 (January 31 and February 2): popular culture as folk culture (Asturias, Arguedas)

week 6 (February 7 and 9): theories of mixture I: mestizaje (Vasconcelos, Wade)

week 7 (February 14 and 16): folk culture and modernity (Campbell, Taussig)

week 8: mid-term break

week 9 (February 28 and March 2): revision and mid-term exam

week 10 (March 7 and 9): theories of mixture II: transculturation (Ortiz, Cornejo Polar, Millington)

week 11 (March 14 and 16): popular culture as mass culture (Bellos, Hippolyte Ortega)

week 12 (March 21 and 23): theories of mixture III: hybridity (García Canclini)

week 13 (March 28 and 30):

week 14 (April 4 and 6): conclusions and revision

April 10: final paper due

TBA: final exam