1HIST 407/507 Spring 2012 Professor Carlos Aguirre Office and Phone number: 333 McKenzie Hall, 346-5905 Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-12 am. E-mail: [email protected] Web page: http://uoregon.edu/~caguirre/home.html Latin America in the 1960s Course Description The 1960s in Latin America, as in most parts of the globe, was a period of intense political mobilization and conflict as well as dramatic cultural changes. The triumph of the Cuban Revolution, the spread of guerrilla movements, the emergence of new literary, artistic, and music trends, the forging of a youth counterculture, the development of student, women, indigenous and urban social movements, the rise of new intellectual and religious approaches to the burning social issues of the era, and –last but not least- the increasing visibility of the region in world politics, all of these framed and shaped a series of local, regional, and international developments that changed the contours of Latin American history. What characterized the 1960s most remarkably were the proliferation of utopian projects for social change and the spread of hopes and dreams for a new society. As historian Jay Winter has recently written “the one decade in the twentieth century marked most strikingly by utopian initiatives was the 1960s.” The outcomes were not always positive –military repression, US intervention, heightened social conflict, and violence also characterized these years- but the region changed dramatically during the 1960s and the changes that took place left important legacies and lessons that would resonate for decades. This seminar will focus on the 1960s in Latin America and will explore some of the hopes and dreams of social and cultural liberation that crystallized in the region during that momentous era. Readings All reading materials will be available electronically through Blackboard (https://blackboard.uoregon.edu/). Course Requirements All students are expected to attend classes consistently. More than one unjustified absence will result in a grade penalty. Participation is a central component of this course, so students must read all the materials assigned and come to class prepared to discuss them. A 20-25 pages research paper on a topic related to this course is required. A preliminary bibliography and abstract will be due on week 3. Students will also be in charge of introducing the weekly readings and offering themes and questions for discussion. A weekly report about the readings will be due at the beginning of each2session. This will consist of at least two pages of comments about the readings and a list of questions for discussion. No late reports will be accepted. Grade breakdown Attendance and participation: 20% Weekly reports: 10% Oral presentation: 20% Abstract and bibliography: 10% Final research paper: 40% Schedule of Topics and Readings Week 1. Introduction: The 1960s in Latin American History Week 2. The Cuban Revolution Readings: C. Wright Mills, Listen Yankee! (New York: Ballantine Books, 1961), pp. 7-12, 71-132. Che Guevara, “Analysis of the Cuban Situation, its Present and its Future,” in Guerrilla Warfare (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985), pp. 163-179. Fidel Castro, “On the Triumph of the Revolution,” Fidel Castro Reader (Melbourne: Ocean Press, 2007), pp. 107-136 Fidel Castro, “The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Proclamation of the Socialist Character of the Revolution,” Fidel Castro Reader (Melbourne: Ocean Press, 2007), pp. 189-211. Fidel Castro, “Words to Intellectuals,” Fidel Castro Reader (Melbourne: Ocean Press, 2007), pp. 213-239. Kate Quinn, “Cuban Historiography in the 1960s: Revisionists, Revolutionaries, and the Nationalist Past,” Bulletin of Latin American Research, 26, 3, 2007, pp. 378-398. Week 3. Che Guevara and Guerrilla Movements Readings: Che Guevara, “Guerrilla Warfare: A Method,” in Guerrilla Warfare (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985), pp. 182-198. Matt Childs, “An Historical Critique of the Emergence and Evolution of Ernesto Che Guevara's Foco Theory,” Journal of Latin American Studies, 27, 3, 1995, pp. 593-624. Brian Loveman and Thomas Davies, “Guerrilla Warfare. Revolutionary Theory and Revolutionary Movements in Latin America,” in Guerrilla Warfare (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985), pp. 1-36. Jorge Castañeda, “The Cuban Crucible,” in Utopia Unarmed. The Latin American Left after the Cold War (New York: Vintage, 1993), pp. 51-89. María Esther Gillo, “Interview with a Tupamaro,” in The Tupamaro Guerrillas (New York: Ballantine Books, 1973), pp. 159-170.3 Week 4: Liberation Theology Readings: Gustavo Gutiérrez, “The Task and Content of Liberation Theology,” in Christopher Rowland, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology (Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 21-40. Phillip Berryman, Liberation Theology. The Essential Facts about the Revolutionary Movement in Latin America and Beyond (New York: Pantheon Books, 1987), pp. 1-79. Jon Sobrino, “The Church of the Poor: Resurrection of the True Church,” in The True Church of the Poor (Quezon City, Philippines: Claretian Publications, 1985), pp. 84-124. Medellín Conference Documents, “Justice, Peace, and Poverty” Week 5: Women: Between Revolution and Feminism Readings: Francesca Miller, Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice (University Press of New England, 1991), pp. 145-186. Nicola Murray, “Socialism and Feminism. Women and the Cuban Revolution,” Feminist Review, 1979, Nos. 2 and 3. Linda Reif, “Women in Latin American Guerrilla Movements: A Comparative Perspective,” Comparative Politics, 18, 2, 1986, 147-169. Margaret Power, Right-Wing Women in Chile. Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende (Penn State University Press, 2002), pp. 71-125. Week 6. The Latin American literary boom Readings: José Donoso, The Boom in Spanish American Literature. A Personal History (New York: Columbia University Press, 1977), pp. 37-116. Diana Sorensen, “The Anxious Brotherhood: Mastering Authorship and Masculinity,” A Turbulent Decade Remembered. Scenes from the Latin American Sixties (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007), pp. 143-163. Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, “Consuming Aesthetics: Seix Barral and José Donoso in the Field of Latin American Literary Production,” MLN, 115, 2000, pp. 323-339. Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, “Publishing Matters. The Boom and