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Modernity in Latin America

Lecture

CC class powerpoint

Questions

  • How did urbanization affect Latin America?
  • How did mass consumer culture affect Latin America?
  • Plus:
  • On Perlman: what techniques and methods does she use? What was the origin of the city's favela growth? How has "marginality" been perpetuated across the generations in Rio? How does consumption relate to marginality/ poverty?
  • On Aguilar-Rodriguez: what can the history of food tell us about Latin American history more generally? How did the attempted 'modernisation' of eating affect gender roles in Mexico City?

Required Reading: ONE of:

Further Reading