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CENTRAL AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN STUDIES COURSE
Course description: This course provides the student an introduction to the
interdisciplinary study of Afro-descendant culture in
Central America and the Caribbean regions. It allows the
student to have an approach to understand and discuss
the history of the African descendants, process that
began with the arrival of the conquerors to the American
earth. The course will study the Caribbean and the slavery in
countries such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and
Dominican Republic and the migrations of African
descendants in different regions of Central America.
The social study of the Afro-American culture in Latin
America, movements, the origin and the construction of
the ethnicity and identity will occupy an important
place in the course.
General objective:
With this course the student will gain knowledge of the
main lines of the African descendants in Central
American and the Caribbean and, in addition, by assigned
readings and activities will also acquire strategies for
the development of the communicative competition.
Course goals and specific objectives:
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To gain a better understanding about the culture and
its underlying characteristics of the African
descendants in the Caribbean and Central America.
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To explore, through literature, guest speakers and
site visits in relation to ethnicity, gender, social
classes, religions, economy, ecology and politics, among
other issues in this region.
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To examine the geography, the history, and the
politics of Contemporary Central America and the
Caribbean.
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To study texts written outside of the islands, since
migration and exile have played such an important role
in the development of the region.
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To know the general aspects of the history, migration
and social issues in this region.
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To analyze the stages of migration of
Afro-descendants.
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To analyze the emergent and development of new
classes and ethnic groups from the Afro-descendants.
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To analyze the historical events and to compare them
with the reality of the region.
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To identify the more significant cultural
manifestations in the different Latin American
historical periods.
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To recognize the new and native vocabulary.
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To write an essay about a specific topic.
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