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Research Assignment – The Language of Jose Marti’s “Our America”

The stylistic language of José Martí’s “Our America”, one of the most famous texts written by a Latin American, is as important as the text’s content. Martí’s plea to Cuba, his home, and more generally to the people of Latin … Continue reading →

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WEEK 9

This chapter really outlined a handful of ideas and stereotypes that I was aware of, but never placed within the context of a sociopolitical level. The section on the banana contextualized pieces like the first chapter of Gravity’s Rainbow, or the 1960…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with America, animation, cultural appropriation, Disney, United States

WEEK 9

This chapter really outlined a handful of ideas and stereotypes that I was aware of, but never placed within the context of a sociopolitical level. The section on the banana contextualized pieces like the first chapter of Gravity’s Rainbow, or the 1960…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with America, cultural appropriation, Disney, United States

WEEK 9

This chapter really outlined a handful of ideas and stereotypes that I was aware of, but never placed within the context of a sociopolitical level. The section on the banana contextualized pieces like the first chapter of Gravity’s Rainbow, or the 1960…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with America, animation, cultural appropriation, Disney, United States

WEEK 9

This chapter really outlined a handful of ideas and stereotypes that I was aware of, but never placed within the context of a sociopolitical level. The section on the banana contextualized pieces like the first chapter of Gravity’s Rainbow, or the 1960…

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with America, animation, cultural appropriation, Disney, United States

Week Nine

We’ve already seen glimpses throughout past chapters but in this week’s topic, we take a more focused look at the…

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with bananas, consumerism, Guatemala, Imperialism, Interventionism, United States

Week 9: Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

This week we begin to see the continuation of external power in Latin America and the growing American (US) dominance in the region. This week is particularly important because we notice a shift in power and have to take consideration of another external power in the politics, economy, and social aspects of Latin America. Being […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Banana, Banana Republics, Guatemala, Intervention, trade, United States

Week 9: Commerce, Coercion and America’s Empire

This week we begin to see the continuation of external power in Latin America and the growing American (US) dominance in the region. This week is particularly important because we notice a shift in power and have to take consideration of another external power in the politics, economy, and social aspects of Latin America. Being […]

Posted in Blogs, Week 9 | Tagged with Banana, Banana Republics, Guatemala, Intervention, trade, United States

week 9 -Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

On the last few weeks we’ve seen the importance of the United States in Latin America, we’ve seen documents in which some kind of critic is exposed from an author to United States. In this week’s topic «all doubts» of the influence of USA should be erased. First of all, what surprised me (not related … Sigue leyendo week 9 -Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire →

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week 9 -Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

On the last few weeks we’ve seen the importance of the United States in Latin America, we’ve seen documents in which some kind of critic is exposed from an author to United States. In this week’s topic “all doubts” of the influence of USA should be erased. First of all, what surprised me (not related … Sigue leyendo week 9 -Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire →

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Donald Duck, influence, United States

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