Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- work with a range of sources, taking accurate notes and keeping records
- communicate effectively and confidently both orally and in writing
- set and monitor goals, reflecting on your own learning and learning from feedback
- produce academic writing to required conventions
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- theories of gender, race, class and nation-state formation
- the historical construction of gender, class and race
- Modern Latin American history, politics and society
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- apply knowledge, understanding and critical analysis to the histories of race, class, gender and nation in Latin America
- formulate and clarify critical questions relating to nation formation in Latin America
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Seminar | 12 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 40 |
Lecture | 12 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Wider reading or practice | 40 |
Follow-up work | 6 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Laura Gotkowitz editor (2011). Histories of Race and Racism. The Andes and Mesoamerica from Colonial times to the present. Durham NC: Duke University Press.
Peter Wade (2010). Race and Ethnicity in Latin America. Peter Wade.
Elizabeth Dore and Maxine Molyneux, editors (2000). Hidden Histories of Gender and the State in Latin America. Duke University Press.
Ada Ferrer (1999). Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation and Revolution,1868-1898. University of North Carolina Press.
Alejandro de la Fuente editor (2018). Afro-Latin American Studies. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Peter Wade (2009). Race and Sex in Latin America. London: Pluto Press.
Thomas H. Holloway editor (2011). A Companion to Latin American History.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Analytical essay | 45% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Individual Oral Presentation | 10% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Individual Oral Presentation | 10% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Individual Oral Presentation | 10% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Analytical essay | 45% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External