HIST4373 · History

Mexico between Fact and Fiction

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences

Formerly titled: Latin America Between Fact and Fiction. Fulfills LAMA requirement for History major. Departing from Edmundo O'Gorman's notion of Latin America as an "invented" place, this course considers how the region has been imagined, distorted, and revised many times over hundreds of years. Focusing on a handful of moments or episodes from the colonial period to the twentieth century, we will read fiction, witness accounts, primary sources, and historical renderings. Our objective will not be to pin down the "facts," but to see what we can learn by examining diverse versions of the past alongside one another.