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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2027
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LALX 275 001 (CRN: 26844)
FINANCIAL CRISES LATIN AMERICA
Long Title: CULTURAL EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL CRISES IN LATIN AMERICA
Department: Modern Classic Lang, Lit, Cult
Instructor: Stasevicius, Maria
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM MW (11-JAN-2027 - 23-APR-2027)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 25
Section Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 2-NOV-2026 6:16AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course examines the cultural consequences of financial crisis in post-dictatorship Latin American societies, exploring how an economic collapse shapes and is shaped by artistic and cultural imagination. Through a diverse corpus of primary works including literature, film, and television, students will engage with the ways in which cultural artifacts have represented, processed, and contested the aftermath of financial debacles: the social fractures it produces, the political discourses it generates, and the everyday lives it transforms. Students will also work with theoretical texts drawn from political economy, cultural studies, and critical theory to analyze the relationships between finance, power, and representation in Latin American contexts.