This week looked at start of the 20th century within the time of the cold war but also within that time period, it looked into the way Latin America is portrayed within propaganda and media. Focusing on Ariel Dorfman’s ” How to Read Donald Duck” he explained how such cartoon implement the American Imperial Project. […]
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This week we looked at the crisis within the 1910’s to the 1920’s and how citizens responded to the crisis of this era. We looked at 4 different text types written by Rubén Darío, José Vasconcelos, José Mariátegui, and Emiliano Zapata. What I found the most memorable of this week and Alexander Dawson highlights this […]
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This week’s chapter amplifies the importance of technology when it comes to speaking to the masses, and spreading a message. The radio was an important and easy way to make the people feel united as if together they held an importance over the elites, and without their support, the elites could not succeed. Civil society felt empowered, they […]
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This text was very interesting to me, I have just written for my other class an essay about “the Kirchner”, I know that it is a very different situation in politics but it has the similarity that both of couples are interested in politics. First of all, I think that Maria Eva Duarte de Peron […]
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Based on the readings, this week’s title The Terror could not have been named more accurately, the utter hardship and violence that was experienced by millions in Latin America from the 60s-90s was truly a terror. As thousands died fighting in these wars, thousands more witnessed these horrible acts and ever since they have had to …
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This chapter was fascinating to me because it speaks as to how Western ideals and media have contributed to forming a stereotypical view of Latin America. It also discusses the topic of America’s Empire which was propelled by their military and commercial intrusions, this affected how Latin America was shaped and the needs and aspirations they […]
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Growing up in Canada the topic of slavery wasn’t really discussed, especially not the events that happened in Latin America, which is what makes this chapter kind of eye opening for me, I now have a different view not just how slavery affected western societies, but how others were affected as well. The topics of caste systems, […]
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This week we learned through Alexander Dawson’s reading and his video about modernity. Modernity as he phrased is can be defined as “having a number of elements” such as innovation, emancipation, secularization, and universalism. We focused on modernity in Mexico where in society there were many groups of people who wanted to become modern but […]
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I found this week’s readings quite interesting for the most part. In all honesty when I saw the “Bananas Are Our Business” sections I thought that it was a bit ridiculous but reading about it was actually really fascinating. Every once in a while, as I was reading, I would just stop and think… this […]
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In the Chapter Power to the People, Dawson explores the role certain individuals have played in controlling the power of their countries. One of the figures he discusses the most is Eva Peron and the role she played in Argentina. While deeply hated by some, Evita was loved by many and we can see her unique ability …
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