I really enjoyed this week’s readings and films. The title alone Journey to Banana Land is a commodification Latin America, labeling it as a land of resources for the US. It begins with comparing Banana Land (the film’s name for the land extending from Mexico to Colombia and the Caribbean) to the US. They giveContinue reading “Week 9: Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire”
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with colonialism, commodification, Imperialism, propaganda, resources, trade, USA
This week’s topic on the relationship between the United States and Latin America, at times benevolent and at times clearly…
Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with asymmetrical, modernization, propaganda, The Silent War, underdeveloped, vaccine, white man's burden, Yellow Fever
For this week’s blog post, I am choosing to focus on Che Guevara’s letter to the magazine Marcha – I think that it is very important (and interesting) to closely analyse the works of enduring figures that have had far-reaching … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Castro, Cuba, Guevara, propaganda, revolution, Week Ten (A)
For this week’s blog post, I am choosing to focus on Che Guevara’s letter to the magazine Marcha – I think that it is very important (and interesting) to closely analyse the works of enduring figures that have had far-reaching … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 11 | Tagged with Castro, Cuba, Guevara, propaganda, revolution, Week Ten (A)
This week, I was able to see the effect that technology had to move the people into the forefront of the political game. As it has been noted multiple times thus far in this course, one of the things that … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with democracy, imagined narratives, Perón, personality cult, populism, propaganda, radio, technology
This week, I was able to see the effect that technology had to move the people into the forefront of the political game. As it has been noted multiple times thus far in this course, one of the things that … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with democracy, imagined narratives, Perón, personality cult, populism, propaganda, radio, technology
This chapter discusses the creation of national culture, and whether or not it was cohesive or successful. I thought it was really interesting the importance that Dawson placed on the role of the technological advances of radio and photography. In Brazil, authoritarian ruler Getúlio Vargas understood the potential of radio as a means of propaganda, […]
Posted in Blogs, Week 10 | Tagged with Evita, Perón, populism, power to the people, propaganda
Propaganda, especially when presented by “respected” figures such as scholars and scientists, can effectively work against any gains that would have been made by recently emancipated groups. Individuals like the Cuban criminologist Fernando Ortiz attempted to block or even reverse … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogs, Week 6 | Tagged with Afro-Cubans, propaganda, rights, scientific racism
