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Spring2017HIST/ER&M368

PoliticalViolence,Citizenship,andDemocracyinLatinAmericaM&W11:35AM12:50PM,WLH117

ProfessorMarcelaEcheverriOfficeHours:Byappointment

CourseDescriptionWhenisviolencepolitical?Whatistheroleofviolenceinmaintainingexclusionarypoliticalregimesandinexpandingpoliticalrepresentationandinclusion?ThislecturecoursefocusesonturningpointsinLatinAmericanhistoryfromthenineteenthcenturytothepresentthatspeaktothesequestions.Thecoursehastwogoals:One,toexplorewhyandhowviolentconflictsacrossLatinAmericahaveshapedtheformalandidealdefinitionsofcitizenshipanddemocracyupheldbystatesandsocialmovementsintheregion,alsotransformingpoliticalidentitiesandleadership.Two,tounderstandhowthecollectivepoliticalactionofarangeofsocialactorsinLatinAmericahasinfluencedandinteractedwithglobalideologicalcontextsandutopias.ThecoursewillsituateLatinAmericanhistoryinclassicandcontemporaryconceptualdebatesaboutviolence,democracy,andcitizenship.Wewilltaketheoreticalquestionstothehistoricalarenabystudyingtextsofliterature,theworkofsocialscientistsandhistorians,andprimarysourcesthatillustratetheevolvingrelationshipbetweenpoliticalviolence,citizenship,anddemocracyacrossLatinAmerica.Allreadingsmustbecompletedbeforethemeetingforwhichtheyareassigned.Studentswillwriteweeklycriticalresponsepapersanalyzingthereadingsandparticipateactivelyinthesectiondiscussionsofthesetextsandthethemesofthecourse.Thecoursedoesnothaveamidtermorfinalexam.Instead,studentswillwritefour4-pagepapersconsistingofbookreviews.Grades20%AttendanceandParticipation(including10responsepapersonweeklyreadings) 20%Paper1,dueFridayFeb.1020%Paper2,dueWed.March820%Paper3,dueFridayApril1420%Paper4,dueonDateoffinalexam

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RequiredTextsThefollowingbooksareavailableattheYaleBookstore:EmiliaViottidaCosta,CrownsofGlory,TearsofBlood:TheDemeraraSlaveRebellionof1823(Oxford,1994)JeffreyGould,ToLeadasEquals:RuralProtestsandPoliticalConsciousnessinChinandega,Nicaragua,1912-1979(UNC,1990)FlorenciaMallon,CourageTastesofBlood:TheMapucheCommunityofNicolsAiloandtheChileanState,19062001.RigobertaMenchu,I,RigobertaMenchu:AnIndianWomaninGuatemala(Verso,2009)MichaelTaussig,LawinaLawlessLand(NewPress,2003)MariaEugeniaVasquez,MyLifeasaColombianRevolutionary(Temple,2005)Additionalcopiesofprimarysources,bookchapters,andscholarlyarticleswillbeavailableonClasses*v2.SuggestedReadingsHannahArendt,OnViolence(HarcourtBraceJavanovich,1970)RichardBernstein,Violence:ThinkingwithoutBanisters(Polity,2013) JohnCharlesChasteen,BorninBloodandFire(Norton,3rdEdition,2011)GregGrandin,WhoisRigobertaMenchu(Verso,2011)WalterLaFeber,InevitableRevolutions:TheUnitedStatesinCentralAmerica(Norton,1993)ArnoMayer,TheFuries:ViolenceandTerrorintheFrenchandRussianRevolutions(Princeton,2000)JamesSanders,TheVanguardoftheAtlanticWorld(Duke,2014)ThomasSkidmore,PeterSmithandJamesGreen,ModernLatinAmerica(Oxford,7thEdition,2010)

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TechnologyPolicyPleaseusetechnologyresponsiblyduringclass:fortakingnotesandtoaccessthePDFsofarticlesorchaptersassupportforyourparticipationinseminardiscussions.Surfingthewebisnotappropriate,andIprefernottohearorseeyourcellphones.AcademicIntegrityWhenpreparingwrittenassignmentsbecarefulandavoidplagiarism.Alwayscitematerialfromtheinternetanddonotcopyword-for-wordfromanyprintedtext.Plagiarismischeatinganditwillbepunished.FollowingYalesnorms,theconsequencescanincludefailureoftheclass,suspensionordismissalfromtheUniversity.ForYalespoliciesonacademichonestysee:http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/academic-honesty.ScheduleofClasses:W.Jan18INTRODUCTIONPartIConceptsandHistoryF.Jan.20:TheAnthropologyofViolenceIngaClendinnen,FierceandUnnaturalCruelty:CortsandtheConquestofMexico,Representations,No.33(1991),pp.65-100(PDF).NeilWhitehead,OnthePoeticsofViolence,inViolence(2004),Chapter3(PDF).M.Jan.23:ThePoliticsofCollectiveViolenceCharlesTilly,ThePoliticsofCollectiveViolence,Chapters1and2(PDF).W.Jan.25:ColonialismandStructuralViolenceFranzFanon,TheWretchedoftheEarth,PrefacebyJean-PaulSartre(PDF).MichaelTaussig,Shamanism,Colonialism,andtheWildMan,Chapter18(PDF).M.Jan.30:Anti-ColonialismandRevolutionsSinclairThomson,WeAloneWillRule,Chapter6(PDF).Michel-RolphTrouillot,SilencingthePast,Chapter2(online).CharlesWalker,TheTupacAmaruRebellion,Chapter7(PDF).W.Feb1:DemocracyintheAmericasHildaSbato,OnPoliticalCitizenshipinNineteenthCenturyLatinAmerica,HistoryCooperative106,no.4(2001),pp.1290-1315(PDF).

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M.Feb.6:CitizenshipandStateFormationEduardoPosada-Carb,ElectionsBeforeDemocracy:SomeConsiderationsonElectoralHistoryfromaComparativeApproach,inElectionsbeforeDemocracy:TheHistoryofElectionsinEuropeandLatinAmerica,pp.1-15(PDF).KirstenSchultz,Slavery,Race,andCitizenshipintheEmpire,inDocumentingLatinAmerica(PDF).PartIIPoliticsInandOutsideoftheStateW.Feb.8:Resistance,RebellionandPoliticalConsciousnessIMicheleReid-Vazquez,TheYearoftheLash:FreePeopleofColorinCubaandtheNineteenth-CenturyAtlanticWorld,Chapter2(PDF).JanSzeminski,WhyKilltheSpaniard?NewPerspectivesonAndeanInsurrectionaryIdeologyinthe18thCentury,inResistance,Rebellion,andConsciousnessintheAndeanPeasantWorld,18thto20thCenturies,editedbySteveStern,pp.166-192(PDF).*Paper1DUEonFridayFeb.10ReviewofEmiliaViottidaCosta,CrownsofGlory,TearsofBlood:TheDemeraraSlaveRebellionof1823.M.Feb.13:Resistance,RebellionandPoliticalConsciousnessIISteveHahn,ThePoliticalWorldsofSlaveryandFreedom,Chapter2(online).WimKlooster,SlaveRevolts,RoyalJustice,andaUbiquitousRumorintheAgeofRevolutions,inTheWilliamandMaryQuarterly71,no.3(2014),pp.401-424(PDF).W.Feb.15:RevolutionandDemocracyIJeremyAdelman,TheRitesofStatehood:ViolenceandSovereigntyinSpanishAmerica,HispanicAmericanHistoricalReview90,no.3(2010),pp.391-422(PDF).M.Feb.20:RepublicanRhetoricofInclusionandPracticesofExclusionBrookeLarson,TrialsofNation-Making(sections).AlejandrodelaFuente,ANationforAll:Race,Inequality,andPoliticsinTwentieth-CenturyCuba,Chapter2(PDF).W.Feb.22:PoliticalParties,Voting,andCorruptionJamesSanders,ContentiousRepublicans,Chapter3(online).MalcolmDeas,TheRoleoftheChurch,theArmy,andthePoliceinColombianElections,c.1850-1930,inElectionsbeforeDemocracy:TheHistoryofElectionsinEuropeandLatinAmerica(PDF).

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M.Feb.27:CivilWarStathisKalyvas,TheLogicofViolenceinCivilWar(sections).PartIIILaborandtheGlobalStrugglesagainstCapitalismW.Mar.1:Cities,Poverty,andCriminalityPabloPiccato,HomicideasPoliticsinModernMexico,inMurderandViolenceinModernLatinAmerica,editedbyEricJohnson,RicardoSalvatoreandPieterSpierenburg(Wiley,2013),Chapter4(PDF).BrodwynFischer,APovertyofRights(Stanford,2008),PostscripttoPartIIandChapter6(PDF).M.Mar.6:PeasantsandRuralLawlessnessLauraGotkowitz,UnderthedominionoftheIndian:RuralMobilization,theLaw,andRevolutionaryNationalisminBoliviainthe1940s,inPoliticalCulturesintheAndes,pp.137-164(online).RichardTurits,AWorldDestroyed,ANationImposed:The1937HaitianMassacreintheDominicanRepublic,HispanicAmericanHistoricalReview82,no.3(2002),pp.589-635(PDF).W.Mar.8:Noclass*Paper2DUEReviewofJeffreyGould,ToLeadasEquals:RuralProtestsandPoliticalConsciousnessinChinandega,Nicaragua,1912-1979.OrFlorenciaMallon,CourageTastesofBlood:TheMapucheCommunityofNicolsAiloandtheChileanState,19062001.Mar10-26:SPRINGBREAKM.Mar.27:LaborLaw,Race,andStrikeRepressionGregGrandin,TheLastColonialMassacre,Chapter4(online).MoisesPobleteandBenBurnett,LaborLaw,inTheRiseoftheLatinAmericanLaborMovement(PDF).W.Mar.29:AnarchismandGlobalSolidarityRaymondCraib,TheCryoftheRenegade:PoliticsandPoetryinInterwarChile(sections).ClaudioLomnitz,TheReturnofComradeRicardoFloresMagn(sections).

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PartIVRevolutionandtheTurbulentTwentiethCenturyM.Apr.3:RevolutionandDemocracyIIMichelleChase,TheTrials:ViolenceandJusticeintheAftermathoftheCubanRevolution,inACenturyofRevolution:InsurgentandCounterinsurgentViolenceduringLatinAmericasLongColdWar,editedbyGilJosephandGregGrandin,pp.164-198(PDF).W.Apr.5:GenderandRevolution/ProfessorMichelleChaseclassvisitMichelleChase,TheDomesticationofViolence,1955-1958,inRevolutionwithintheRevolution:WomenandGenderPoliticsinCuba,1952-1962,Chapter2(online).PoncianodelPino,Family,Culture,andRevolution:EverydayLifewithSenderoLuminoso,inShiningandOtherPaths,pp.158-192(PDF).M.Apr.10:TheUSandLatinAmericaintheColdWarGregGrandin,HumanRightsandEmpire'sEmbrace,inHumanRightsandRevolutions,pp.191-212(PDF).W.Apr.12:StudentMovementsandPopularCultureEricZolov,RefriedElvis.TheRiseoftheMexicanCounterculture,Chapters3and4(PDF).*Paper3DUEonFridayApr.14ReviewofMariaEugeniaVasquez,MyLifeasaColombianRevolutionary.OrRigobertaMenchu,I,RigobertaMenchu:AnIndianWomaninGuatemala.M.Apr.17:DictatorshipandSecurityStatesIFedericoFinchelstein,TheIdeologicalOriginsoftheDirtyWar,Chapter6(PDF).CarlosAguirre,PunishmentandExtermination:TheMassacreofPoliticalPrisionersinLima,Peru,June1986,inMurderandViolenceinModernLatinAmerica,editedbyEricJohnson,RicardoSalvatoreandPieterSpierenburg,Chapter8(PDF).W.Apr.19:DictatorshipandSecurityStatesIIPeterWinn,TheFuriesoftheAndes:ViolenceandTerrorintheChileanRevolutionandCounterrevolution,inACenturyofRevolution(PDF).JuanRial,MakersandGuardiansofFear:ControlledTerrorinUruguay,inFearattheEdge(PDF).ConfessionsofaTorturer,inChasteen,BorninBloodandFire:LatinAmericanVoices(PDF).

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M.Apr.24:Peace,Truth,SocialMovements,andRedemocratizationEmilioCrenzel,TheNarrativeoftheDisappearancesinArgentina:TheNuncaMasReport,inMurderandViolenceinModernLatinAmerica,editedbyEricJohnson,RicardoSalvatoreandPieterSpierenburg,Chapter7(PDF).SoniaAlvarez,MilitantMothersandInsurgentDaughters:WomenintheOppositiontoAuthoritarianRule,inEngenderingDemocracyinBrazil,pp.57-82(PDF).W.Apr.26:DrugWarsAnglicaDurnMartnez,DrugsAroundtheCorner:DomesticDrugMarketsandViolenceinColombiaandMexico,inLatinAmericanPoliticsandSociety57,no.3(2015),pp.122-146(PDF).*Paper4DUEonDateoffinalexam:ReviewofMichaelTaussig,LawinaLawlessLand.