Latin American

In Latin America, African music and dance did not rise to prominence in an unadulterated form, but rather one transformed by interactions with European styles in a process known as transculturation. Such an intricate transmutation occurs when cultures exchange aspects, including music, language, or dance, and mutually influence each other in both beneficial and adverse ways. John Charles Chasteen explores this concept in profound detail throughout National Rhythms, African Roots wherein he explains

Latin America is home to many unique and diverse cultures who express their traditions in a variety of ways. In the early 1600s to late 1800s, Latin America hosted to a plethora of artistic expressions unique to each country, including dance, art and literature. Some of these distinct art forms include capoeira, a dance/fighting style unique to those in Brazil of African descent, and paintings such as Jose Posada’s, which were influenced directly by Mexican culture. These countries also had individual

hoped to establish Latin America on a global scale by modeling Europe and the United States. As a result, certain Latin American countries were able to modernize itself. They had metropolises, telephones, and railroads. Urbanization granted Latin America the ability to export tons of sugar, coffee, rubber, bananas, tobacco, and other goods. Latin America’s massive export in goods during the 1880s led to what was known as the “Great Export Boom.” This was the first time Latin America entered the

of life, economy and culture. The Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, and the Gulf of Mexico all affect cultural differences in parts of Latin America. A few places impacted by geographical features are Panama, Mexico, the Caribbean islands, and Chile. The Panama Canal, the Andes Mountains, and the Gulf of Mexico are a few of the recognizable natural landscapes in Latin America. These landmarks are part of what make these countries special. The Panama Canal runs through the isthmus of Panama and connects

Evita and the Struggle for Equality in Latin America The struggle for equality in Latin America is a perpetual conflict. This battle began in the fifteenth century when the Spaniards and Portuguese colonized the lands of the Americas. In a book titled: Latin America: an Interpretive History, author Julie A. Charlip states, Latin America has moved from paradise to poverty as a result of historical patterns that have developed over the years” (Charlip and Burns 2002, 1). The constant redundancy of

The United States is very interwoven with many Latin American countries, but most Americans don’t know how our actions in the U.S. effect the people living in these countries. Americans are positively impacting Latin America regions in the areas of tourism, immigration, and natural resources, but the U.S. is not making a positive impact in the area of drugs. Travel provides jobs for millions of people, immigration helps fill the job gap, consumption of natural resources helps to protect the environment

In the 1920s and 1930s intellectuals and statesmen in Latin America began to adopt ideologies of race mixture in an effort to advance nation-building projects based on notions of inclusion and racial equality. These notions which where said to promote racial inclusivity included mestizaje. The ideology of mestizaje often times enabled exclusion through racial terms and marginalization. In order to grasp how such an ideology has created a paradoxical and contradictory outcome politically, economically

I guess you could say that about Latin American music, but the music from Latin America is much more complex and diverse than that. Saying you like the music is saying a lot because there are various types. There is a lot more to the music than the genres of mariachi and salsa. The reason for this is the music is a product of transculturation. It merges the cultures of Africans, Indigenous, and Europeans. Not only this but Latin America covers a whole lot of land from Mexico down Venezuela and even

to Latin America in a World Context,” students will learn the history, cultures, issues of race, ethnicity, gender and class of Latin America. This class is a general education course which fulfills the World Cultures requirement, for undecided undergraduate students. The course requires its students to sign up for one lecture and discussion, and each are less than one hour long. This class revolves around “[examining] the history, cultural make-up, current events, and debates regarding Latin America

The question of what exactly Latin American culture is was brought up very early in the text. Does Latin American culture exist outside of the european spectrum it has been put in? Was there ever such a thing as latin american culture in the first place? Although this question sounds merely ignorant and condescending, it is in fact questioning the very existence of Latin American people in what is now known as the American Continent. According to Retamar, these questions of existence have to