POLITICS AND IDEOLOGIES IN THE AMERICAS
FACULTY:
Jorge Gilbert Library 2107 Ext. 6740 gilbertj@elwha.edu
SCHEDULE

Monday 10.00 - 1.00 p.m. Lecture Library 1308
Monday 6.00 - 8.00 p.m. Library 2103
Tuesday 11.00 - 12.30 p.m. Seminar Library 2204
Tuesday 2.30 - 5.00 p.m. Screening and Seminar Library 1308
Wednesday  6.00 - 8.00 p.m. Library 2103


TEXTS:
Isabel Allende. The House of the Spirits
Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent.
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
Jorge Gilbert, Incongruencies About Spanish and Indian Cultures in the Americas
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Warriors for Gringostroika

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
 
 
WEEK 1: Society, Culture, and Ideology
Text: Syllabus and Covenant
Lecture: Intro to Politics and Ideologies in the Americas
 
WEEK 2: Society, Socialization and Ideologies
Text: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Films: Ihla das Flores
Consuming images
 
WEEK 3: Ideological and Political Domination
Text: Manufacturing Consent
Film: Elections in the US: All the Votes Money Can Buy
 
WEEK 4: The Media and Ideology
Text: Manufacturing Consent
Film: Illusions of News
 
WEEK 5: Religion and the Electronic Church
Text: TBA
Film: The Kingdom Divided
Final Projects Proposals are due
 
WEEK 6: On the Trail of the Conqueror
Text: Incongrueties About Spanish and Indian Cultures in the Americas
Film: The Buried Mirror Part III
 
WEEK 7: The Conquest of the Americas: Politics and Ideologies
Text: The Open Veins of Latin America
Film: Last Supper
 
WEEK 8: The Colonizer Writer
Text: The House of the Spirits
Film: Il Postino
 
WEEK 9: Spanish-Speaking Communities in the US
Texts: Warriors for Gringostroika
Films: The Spanish Vote
 
WEEK 10: Student Presentations
Final Projects are due
Evaluations