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All students must come for advisement. Guiding questions of gender are used to explore issues of ideology, power, and history in Central and South America. Students study key concerns of the region, including labor equity, land reform, ethnicity, literacy, political organization, family structure, religious practice, and economic behavior, with gender as the principal focus. The perspective is anthropological and historical and also draws on some literary texts. By the end of the class, students have a broad perspective on the central concerns of gender and gender politics in understanding how Latin Americans adapt to, accomodate, and negotiate economic, political, and social tranformation.