Owensby Syllabus Atlantic History Seminar

Modern Latin America : HILA 202
Prof. Brian Owensby
University of Virginia
Spring, 2002

Solange Albrero, "Beatriz de Padilla: Mistress and Mother."

Lincoln Allison, "Association Football and the Urban Ethos."

Benjamin Braude, "The Sons of Noah and the Construction of Ethnic and Geographical Identities in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods." (part 2)

Terry Caesar, "Bringing It All Down: The 1986 World Cup in Brazil."

Thomas Calvo, "The Warmth of the Hearth: Seventeenth-Century Guadalajara Families."

Donald Chipman, "Isabel Moctezuma: Pioneer of Mestizaje."

Edith Courturier, "Micaela Angela Carillo: Widow and Pulque Dealer."

Jorge Canizares Esguerra, "New World, New Stars: Patriotic Astrology and the Invention of Indian and Creole Bodies in Colonial Spanish America, 1600-1650." (part 2)

Peter Fry, "Two Religious Movements: Protestantism and Ubanda."

Dale T. Graden, "'So Much Superstition Among These People!': Candomblé and the Dilemmas of Afro-Bahian Intellectuals, 1864-1871."

Alma Guillermoprieto, "Rio: 1991"

Louisa S. Hoberman, "Hispanic American Political Theory as a Distinct Tradition." (part 2)

Lyman L. Johnson, "Francisco Baquero: Shoemaker and Organzier."

Mary C. Karasch, "Damiana da Cunha: Catechist and Sertanista."

Mary C. Karasch, Slave Life in Rio de Janeiro

Chapter 1, "Nations of Rio." (part 2)
Chapter 7, "Porters and Property: The Functions of Slaves in Rio de Janeiro." (part 2)
Chapter 8, "Samba and Song: Afro-Cariocan Slave Culture." (part 2) (part 3)

Hendrik Kraay, "The Politics of Race in Independence-Era Bahia: The Black Militia Officers of Salvador, 1790-1840."

Asunción Lavrin, "Sexuality in Colonial Mexico: A Church Dilemma." (part 2)

Robert M. Levine, "Sport and Society: The Case of Brazilian Futebol." (part 2)

Roberto da Matta, "Carnival in Rio and Mardi Gras in New Orleans: A Contrastive Study."

Roberto da Matta, "Pedro Malasartes and the Paradoxes of Roguery." (part 2)

Roberto da Matta, "The Quest for Citizenship in a Relational Universe." (part 2)

Brian P. Owensby, Intimate Ironies: Modernity and the Making of Middle-Class Lives in Brazil

Chapter 3, "Shifting Hierarchies."
Chapter 4, "Struggling and Aspiring."
Chapter 5, "Keeping Up Appearances."
Chapter 9, "Apolitical Politics." (part 2)

Anthony Pagden, "From Noble Savages to Savage Nobles: The Criollo Uses of the Amerindian Past." (part 2) (part 3)

Tina Rosenberg, "Chile: The Moral Limits of Self-Interest."

Stuart B. Schwartz, "The Formation of Colonial Identity in Brazil." (part 2)

Patricia Seed, "'Are These Not Also Men?': The Indians' Humanity and Capacity for Spanish Civilisation." (pt.2)

Matthew Shirts, "Sócrates, Corinthians, and Questions of Democracy and Citizenship."

Thomas E. Skidmore, Black Into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought

Chapter 2, "Racial Realities and Racial Thought After Abolition." (part 2)
Chapter 6, "The Whitening Ideal After Scientific Racism." (part 2)

John C. Super, "Miguel Hernández: Master of Mule Trains."

Ann Twinam, "Honor, Sexuality, and Illegitimacy in Colonial Spanish America." (part 2)

José Vasconcelos, Cosmic Race (La Raza Cosmica: Misión de la Raza Iberoamericana, Argentina y Brasil). (pt.2)