COURSE SYLLABUS
AREA
COURSE
BILINGUAL PROGRAMS
CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND CULTURE OF PERU
PRE REQUISITE:
NONE
CREDITS:
PERIOD
PROFESSOR
HRS. THEORY: 3
HRS. PRACTICE: -
2010-SC-01
:
COORDINATOR:
GENERAL COORDINATOR:
ILANA LUCIA ARAGN
ENRIQUE ESPINOZA
GONZALO VILLENA
EMAIL: [email protected]
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I.
Abstract
Peruvian society has undergone a series of historical transformations enriched
by Andean, Occidental, African and Amazonian traditions. These
transformations will be addressed from a historical, anthropological, and
sociological perspective.
II. General Competencies
At the end of the course students will be able to understand the main cultural
transformations produced in Peruvian history from the beginning to the
Independent period to current days.
III. Specific Competencies
Will comprehend and apply the methodological tools of history, combining with
literature and popular art appreciation of particular periods and situations.
IV. Methodology
Classes combine interactive lectures and leading discussion sessions, based
on a number of assigned readings, and complemented with visits to museums,
libraries and local festivities.
* Visits or fieldtrips are suggested activities. Students may organize those visits
on their own as a complement of the course. Visits are not part of the program.
V. Schedule and Learning Strategies
W
Contents
Postcolonial Peru: social
and cultural colonial
heritages, 1824-1870s
Schedule of Contents and
Learning Strategies
Examines change and permanency
after Independence, emphasizing
cultural and social colonial heritages
related to topics of slavery, Chinese
population, and the tapada limea
3
Rethinking the nation,
1880s-1900
Discusses issues of identity and
nationhood at the outcome of the
Pacific war and the period of
National Reconstruction
Racial ideologies, and
Indigenismo
Describes Andean socio-economic
and cultural transformations, and
perceptions of Andean culture and
race through the lens of Indigenismo
2
Oligarchy rule, and the
Amazon culture and
economy, 1895-1919
2
Populist challenge and
Nationalism, 1919-1945
2 Midterm Exam
3
Andean communities,
migration, and Limas
shantytowns, 1950-1960
Discusses Oligarchys mentality, the
hacienda system, and the exportoriented economy, placing particular
interest to rubber boom and its
impact upon the environment and
natives of the Amazonian region.
Examines issues related to popular
culture and populist challenge,
describing nationalist sentiment of
the period through the voice of its
great political leaders, Jos Carlos
Maritegui and Vctor Ral Haya de
la Torre
Analyze the various social impacts
of rural migration to the cities,
including
the
trend
toward
urbanization, the raising of the
informal
sector,
and
new
entrepreneurial mentalities
4
Migration, Chicha culture,
and the rediscovering of
African-Peruvian music and
culture
Discusses the cultural impacts of
Andean migration to the cities as
well as the issues related to the
Afro-Peruvian culture and Andean
popular music during the 1960s
Describes countercurrents and new
The breakup of the old order, ideologies regarding religion, literate
and new voices in the 1960discourses and poetry.
70s
3
The agrarian problem, and
the revolutionary military
regime, 1968-1980
Emphasizes topics related to
Andean
communities,
culinary
culture, the agrarian problem, and
the
political
and
economic
transformations of the period.
Populist rule and Terrorism,
1980-1990s
Analyzes the social, economic, and
psychological
impacts
of
the
terrorism period, based on a number
of individual reports and memories.
Neoliberalism and the
informal sector, 1990-2000
Discusses
the
political
and
economic transformations produced
in Peru in the last decades of the
twentieth century.
Students final presentations
FINAL EXAM
VI. Evaluation
Evaluation will be ongoing and will take in consideration a) students
participation in class, including attendance, weekly readings and active
participation in leading discussion sessions); b) students progress in research,
final written report, and oral /power point presentation; c) Mid term exam; and d)
Final exam.
20% - Participation in class (attendance, participation in discussion sessions
and attitude in class)
10% - Average 1
10% - Average 2
30% - Ongoing evaluation (research project, final written work, and oral
presentation)
15% - Average 1
15% - Average 2
25% - Mid-term exam
25% - Final Exam
1. Percentage for the final score of the course
N
1
2
3
4
Scheme
Ongoing Evaluation
Class Participation
Mid Term Exam
Final Exam
% percentage
30%
20%
25%
25%
2. Percentage for the Ongoing Evaluation (research projects, final written
work, and presentations) and Participation in Class (attendance,
discussion sessions and attitude in class)
Evaluation
Ongoing
Evaluation
30%
Participation
in Class
20%
Detailed
percentage (%)
Week
50%
50%
15
50%
50%
15
VII. READING LIST
Postcolonial Peru: economic, social and cultural heritages, 1824-70s
KLAREN, Peter, 2000, Republican Utopia and Postindependence Instability, 1824-40
In: Peru. Society and Nationhood in the Andes, pp.134-154; 161-172
STARN, Orin (ed.) The women of Lima by Flora Tristan in The Peru Reader, pp.207214
Rethinking the nation, 1880s-1900
KLAREN, Peter, 2000, Civil War, Socioeconomic Turmoil, and Reconstruction;
Cceres, National Reconstruction in: Peru. Society and Nationhood in the Andes,
pp.191-202
GONZALEZ PRADA, Manuel 2005 Priests, Indians, Soldiers, and Heroes in The Peru
Reader, STARN, Orin (ed.), pp.199-206.
Racial ideologies, and Indigenism
CHAMBERS, Sarah C., 2003, Little Middle Ground. The Instability of a Mestizo Identity
in the Andes in: Race and Nation in Modern Latin America, pp.32-49
VALCRCEL, Luis 2005 Tempest in the Andes in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.),
pp. 231-234.
ARGUEDAS, Jos Mara 2005 The Pongos Dream in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.) , pp. 273-278
Oligarchy rule, and the Amazon culture and economy, 1895-1919
CORDOVA, Manuel 2005 Amazonian Indians and the Rubber Boom in The Peru
Reader, Orin Starn (ed.), pp. 215-226
KLAREN, Peter, 2000, The Aristocratic Republic, 1895-1919 in: Peru. Society and
Nationhood in the Andes, pp.203-225
NAPOLITANO, Dora A., and others Impacts of petroleum activities for the Achuar
people of the Peruvian Amazon: summary of existing evidence and research gaps
(document)
Populist challenge and Nationalism, 1919-1945
SKIDMORE, Peter, 2000 Legua, The Oncenio; The Reformist Critique; Flirting with
Alternatives in Modern Latin America, pp.195-202
MARIATEGUI, Jos Carlos 2005 Reflections in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.)
Maritegui, pp.240-245
HAYA DE LA TORRE, Vctor Ral, 2005 The Apra in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.) pp. 253-257
BEALS, Carleton, 2005The massacre of Chan Chan in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.) pp-258-265
Andean communities, migration, and Limas shantytowns, 1950-1960
KLAREN, Peter, 2000, Prado, the Convivencia, and the Agrarian Crisis, 1952-62 in:
Peru. Society and Nationhood in the Andes, pp.307-320.
Villa El Salvador/ Cecilia Blondet in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.) (pp.289-292)
Recipe for a House/ Mercedes Torribio in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.) (pp.293295)
New actors, new sounds: Chicha culture, the Andean popular music, and the
rediscovering of African-Peruvian culture
SANTA CRUZ, Nicomedes, 2005, Pers African Rhythms in The Per Reader, Orin
Starn (ed.), pp.305-306
LATIN AMERICAN HERALD TRIBUNE Andean culture blossoms in Peruvian society (
the case of Dina Paucar)
Romero, Ral. 2007. Andinos y Tropicales: la cumbia peruana en la ciudad global.
The breakup of the old order, and new voices in the 1960-70s
HERAUD, Javier, 2005, A Guerrillas Word in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.)
(pp.307-308)
BRYCE ECHENIQUE, Alfredo A World for Julius in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.),
pp.313-318
GUTIRREZ, Gustavo, 2005, Liberation Theologyin The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.), pp.309-312
The agrarian issue, and the revolutionary military regime, 1968-1980
KLAREN, Peter, 2000, The Military Revolution of 1968 in: Peru. Society and
Nationhood in the Andes, pp.336-358.
VELASCO, Juan, 2005 The Master will no longer feed off your povertyin The Peru
Reader, Orin Starn (ed.), pp.279-284
Populist rule and Terrorism, 1980-1990s
HINOJOSA, Ivn, 1998 On Poor Relations and the Nouveau Riche: Shining Path and
the Radical Peruvian Left in: Shining and other Paths War and Society in Per, 19801995, pp.60-83.
GUZMAN, Abimael, 2005 We Are the Initiators, in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn (ed.)
pp.325-330
MOROTE, Osmn, 2005 A Frightening Thrist for Vengeance, in The Peru Reader,
Orin Starn (ed.) pp. 323-324
MARTIN DE MEJA, Raquel, 2005 Women and Terror in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.), pp. 366-369
MOYANO, Maria Elena, 2005 There Have Been Threats in The Peru Reader, Orin
Starn (ed.), pp-387-392
Neoliberalism and the informal sector, 1990-2000
SKIDMORE,Thomas E.2001 Struggles of Civilian Governments; Fujimoris Illiberal
Democracy in: Modern Latin America, pp.209-216
FUJIMORI, Alberto, 2005 A Momentous Decision in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.), pp.460-468
KOURI, Alberto and Bladimiro Montesinos, 2005 Bribing a Congressman in The Peru
Reader, Orin Starn (ed.), pp. 474-476
SALCEDO, Jos Mara, 2005, Simply Pascuala in The Peru Reader, Orin Starn
(ed.)477-480
