PORTGSE 142A
Brazil and Its Culture
Portuguese · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Taught in English. Exploration of roots of contemporary Brazil through study of broad chronological periods from Portuguese colonization to present and how they shaped idea of Brazilian exceptionalism, racial mixture as source of national identity, and lusotropicalism and its influence on Brazilian historiography. May be repeated for credit with topic change.
P/NP or letter grading.
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