Seminar In Societies And Cultures Of The Caribbean
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCESSTEVEN J. GREEN SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRSDEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL & SOCIOCULTURAL STUDIESCOURSE SYLLABUSSYD 6639–U01Seminar in Societies and Cultures of the CaribbeanSpring Semester 2016Mondays 11:00 AM–1:45 PMDM 441AGENERAL INFORMATIONPROFESSOR INFORMATIONInstructor:Dr. Jorge DuanyPhone:(305) 348–1991Office:DM 445 (MMC)Fax:(305) 348–7463Office Hours:Wednesdays 2:00–4:00 /faculty/jorge-duany/COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course examines the Caribbean’s relationship to global social and cultural processes. Itfocuses both on the region’s history and present day, with emphasis on sociological andanthropological perspectives. Discussion topics include the emergence of Afro-Americanculture, the legacy of the slave plantation, and ethnic and race relations. Also discussed are theCaribbean diaspora in the United States and the development of transnational communities andidentities.
COURSE OBJECTIVESUpon completion of this course, students will be able to:1. Define the Caribbean as a sociocultural area.2. Explain the emergence of Afro-American cultures in the Caribbean.3. Assess the impact of the plantation system and African slavery on Caribbean societies.4. Identify the main similarities and differences among contemporary Caribbean cultures.5. Describe the principal socioeconomic problems of the contemporary Caribbean.6. Analyze the persistence of Caribbean cultures in the diaspora.TEACHING METHODOLOGY1. Oral reports2. Class discussionIMPORTANT INFORMATIONPOLICIESAttendance: Each student is required to attend every class and attendance will be a part ofthe grade. Students who miss a class are responsible for the course material covered in thatclass regardless of the reason for their absence. Faculty may excuse absences only in cases ofdocumented serious illness, religious observance, civic obligations, or participation in an activityapproved by the Academic Dean or Department Chair. If you will miss class for a religiousobservance or civic obligation, you must inform your instructor one week in advance of yourabsence. Any other absences, such as absences for work-related travel or a family emergency,may be excused at the discretion of the instructor upon receiving documentation. It is thestudent’s responsibility to contact the instructor after any unanticipated absence.Examination Policies: Oral reports, take-home exams, and book reviews are to besubmitted at the date and time shown in the course syllabus. Missing reports, as well as lateexams and reviews, will be penalized.Accessibility and Accommodation: The Disability Resource Center (DRC) collaborateswith students, faculty, staff, and community members to create diverse learning environmentsthat are usable, equitable, inclusive, and sustainable. The DRC provides FIU students withdisabilities the necessary support to successfully complete their education and participate inactivities available to all students. If you have a diagnosed disability and plan to utilize academic2
accommodations, please contact the Center at (305) 348–3532 or visit its office at the GrahamCenter (GC) 190.Incompletes: An incomplete grade (IN) is given at the instructor’s discretion to a student whohas been unable to complete the course due to a serious interruption not caused by thestudent’s own negligence. An incomplete should only be given to a student who has successfullycompleted at least half of the course work. Students should contact the instructor before theend of the semester to determine if they can receive an incomplete grade. Otherwise, they willbe assigned an “F” grade for the course.Academic Integrity: All students are deemed by the University to understand that if they arefound responsible for academic misconduct, they will be subject to the Academic Misconductprocedures and sanctions, as outlined in the Student Handbook. Academic misconduct includes:1. Cheating: the unauthorized use of books, notes, aids, electronic sources; or assistancefrom another person with respect to examinations, course assignments, field servicereports, and class recitations; or the unauthorized possession of examination papers orcourse materials, whether originally authorized or not.2. Plagiarism: the deliberate use and appropriation of another’s work without anyindication of the source and the representation of such work as the student’s own. Anystudent who fails to give credit for ideas, expressions, or materials taken from anothersource, including Internet sources, is guilty of plagiarism.COURSE PREREQUISITESGraduate standing or permission of the instructor.TEXTBOOKSHillman, Richard S., and Thomas J. D’Agostino, eds. Understanding theContemporary Caribbean. 2nd ed. Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner, 2009. ISBN:158826663X.Knight, Franklin W., and Teresita Martínez-Vergne, eds. ContemporaryCaribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context. Chapel Hill: University ofNorth Carolina Press, 2005. ISBN: 0807856347.3
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIRED READINGSIn addition to the textbooks, several journal articles and book chapters will be assigned for thecourse, as noted in the weekly schedule.EVALUATION CRITERIACOURSE REQUIREMENTSClass attendance and participationOral reportsTake-home exam 1Take-home exam 2Book reviewTotalWEIGHT10%15%25%25%25%100%COURSE DETAILSASSIGNMENTS1. Two oral reports on the required readings (assigned by alphabetical order)2. Two take-home exams (due on March 7 and April 25, 2016)3. A book review (due on May 2, 2016)GRADINGRangeAB BCD D-Letter GradeAbove 9387–9081–8374–7667–7061–63RangeABC CDFLetter Grade91–9284–8677–8071–7364–66 61WEEKLY SCHEDULEDATEWeek 1: January 11Week 2: January 18Week 3: January 25TOPICS AND ASSIGNED READINGSGeneral Introduction to the CourseNo class. Martin Luther King Day.A Geographic Definition of the Caribbean Area Boswell, Thomas D. “The Caribbean: A Geographic Preface.”Chapter 2 in Hillman and D’Agostino, Understanding theContemporary Caribbean.4
Week 4: February 1Week 5: February 8Week 6: February 15Week 7: February 22Week 8: February 29Week 9: March 7Week 10: March 14Week 11: March 21Week 12: March 28Week 13: April 4No class. Instructor on official travel.Ecological Problems of the Caribbean McGregor, Duncan. “The Environment and Ecology.” Chapter 7 inHillman and D’Agostino.Historical Background of the Caribbean Region Randall, Stephen J. “The Historical Context.” Chapter 3 in Hillmanand D’Agostino. Benítez-Rojo, Antonio. “Creolization in Havana: The Oldest Formof Globalization.” Chapter 4 in Knight and Martínez-Vergne,Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context.Colonialism, Decolonization, and Nationalism D’Agostino, Thomas J. “Caribbean Politics.” Chapter 4 in Hillmanand D’Agostino. Negrón-Muntaner, Frances. “Showing Face: Boxing and NationBuilding in Contemporary Puerto Rico.” Chapter 5 in Knight andMartínez-Vergne.Development, Dependency, and Globalization Pantin, Dennis A., and Marlene Attz. “The Economies of theCaribbean.” Chapter 5 in Hillman and D’Agostino. McBain, Helen. “Challenges to Caribbean Economies in the Era ofGlobalization.” Chapter 2 in Knight and Martínez-Vergne.Ethnic and Race Relations Baronov, David, and Kelvin A. Yelvington. “Ethnicity, Race, Class,and Nationality.” Chapter 8 in Hillman and D’Agostino. Helg, Aline. “Race and Politics in Cuba.” Chapter 9 in Knight andMartínez-Vergne.First take-home exam due in class.No class. Spring Break.Gender Relations Bolles, A. Lynn. “Women and Development.” Chapter 9 in Hillmanand D’Agostino. Peguero, Valentina. “Women’s Grass-Roots Organizations in theDominican Republic: Real and Imagined Female Figures.” Chapter8 in Knight and Martínez-Vergne.Linguistic Diversity in the Caribbean Alleyne, Melvin. “A Linguistic Perspective on the Caribbean.” InCaribbean Contours, edited by Sidney W. Mintz and Sally Price,155–80. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985.(Students will receive a scanned copy of this reading by email.)Religious Practices Desmangles, Leslie G., Stephen D. Glazier, and Joseph M. Murphy.“Religion in the Caribbean.” Chapter 10 in Hillman andD’Agostino. Romberg, Raquel. “Glocal Spirituality: Consumerism and Heritagein a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin Folk Religion.” Chapter 7 in Knight5
Week 14: April 11Week 15: April 18Week 16: April 25Week 17: May 2and Martínez-Vergne.Musical Genres Kilby, Kenneth. “The Caribbean as a Musical Region.” Pp. 181–218in Mintz and Price. (To be sent by email.) Giovannetti, Jorge L. “Jamaican Reggae and the Articulation ofSocial and Historical Consciousness in Musical Discourse.”Chapter 10 in Knight and Martínez-Vergne.Caribbean Literature Meehan, Kevin, and Paul B. Miller. “Literature and PopularCulture.” Chapter 11 in Hillman and D’Agostino.The Caribbean Diaspora in the United States Conway, Dennis. “The Caribbean Diaspora.” Chapter 12 inHillman and D’Agostino. Flores, Juan. “Creolité in the Hood: Diaspora as Source andChallenge.” Chapter 6 in Knight and Martínez-Vergne.Book review due in instructor’s office.6
GUIDELINES FOR THE BOOK REVIEWOne of the requirements for this course is a written assignment that will count 25 percent ofyour final grade. The assignment consists of a critical review of a classic study of Caribbeansocieties and cultures. Your paper should be between 5 and 7 pages long, typewritten, doublespaced, and using a 12-sized font. Please choose one of the suggested readings listed after theseguidelines. You can consult with the professor before you choose the book for review. Thedeadline to submit your book review is Monday, May 2, before 4:30 PM in the instructor’soffice (DM 445). No late papers will be accepted without a medical excuse.Please do not limit yourself to summarizing, paraphrasing, or quoting the contents of the book.Write in your own words and focus on your personal reactions and impressions in response tothe author’s arguments and findings. If you need to quote or cite from the text, use quotationmarks and indicate the page number(s) of your citation. No other references are necessary.Below are some questions to help you organize and draft your review. You’re free to adapt thisformat to your own style, but make sure you cover all of these issues in your essay.Introduction (1–2 paragraphs) What are the main topics of the book?What is the author’s central argument?What are his or her basic objectives?Theoretical Framework (1–2 paragraphs) What is the author’s conceptual approach to the subject?What is the author’s thesis?What are his or her basic hypotheses?Methodology (1–2 paragraphs) How did the author collect the data for this book?How reliable and valid are these sources of information?How appropriate are the author’s research techniques?Results (2–3 paragraphs) What are the book’s most important findings?To what extent do the results confirm the hypotheses of the study?Conclusions and Interpretations (1–2 paragraphs) What are the author’s main conclusions?Do you agree with the author’s interpretations of the findings?7
What are the broader implications of the book?Overall Assessment (1 paragraph) What are the book’s major accomplishments?What are the book’s principal limitations?In general, what is your opinion of the book?Would you recommend it to other readers?SUGGESTIONS FOR THE BOOK REVIEWAbrahams, Roger D. The Man-of-Words in the West Indies: Performance and the Emergence of CreoleCulture. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983.Barnet, Miguel. Biography of a Runaway Slave. Revised ed. Willimantic, Conn.: Curbstone Press,1994.Benítez Rojo, Antonio. The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective. 2ndprinting. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2001.Brathwaite, Edward K. The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770–1820. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 1978.Clarke, Edith. My Mother Who Fathered Me: A Study of the Family in Three Selected Communities ofJamaica. London: Allen and Unwin, 1957.Herskovits, Melville. Life in a Haitian Valley. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.———. Trinidad Village. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.Hoetink, Harmannus. Caribbean Race Relations: A Study of Two Variants. New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 1971.Lewis, Oscar. La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty—San Juan and New York. NewYork: Random House, 1966.Mintz, Sidney W. Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History. New York: W.W. Norton, 1960.Ortiz, Fernando. Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.Safa, Helen Icken. The Myth of the Male Breadwinner: Women and Industrialization in the Caribbean.Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1995.Simpson, George Eaton. Religious Cults of the Caribbean: Trinidad, Jamaica, and Haiti. 3rd ed. RíoPiedras, P.R.: Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 1980.Smith, M.G. The Plural Society in the British West Indies. Berkeley: University of California Press,1965.8
Smith, Raymond T. The Negro Family in British Guiana: Family Structure and Social Status in the Villages.London: Routledge and Keagan Paul, 1956.Steward, Julian H. et al. The People of Puerto Rico: A Study in Social Anthropology. Urbana: University ofIllinois Press, 1956. (Choose any of the individual case studies.)ORAL REPORTSDateJanuary 25February 8February 15February 22February 29February 29NameAlexander FernándezOwen GaitherTanisha IngramCorinna MoebiusGerson SánchezAlberto SosaMarch 7John VertovecMarch 21March 28Alexander FernándezOwen GaitherApril 4Tanisha IngramApril 11April 18April 25April 25Corinna MoebiusGerson SánchezAlberto SosaJohn VertovecReadingBoswell, “The Caribbean: A Geographic Preface”McGregor, “The Environment and Ecology”Randall, “The Historical Context”D’Agostino, “Caribbean Politics”Pantin and Attz, “The Economies of the Caribbean”McBain, “Challenges to Caribbean Economies in theEra of Globalization”Baronov & Yelvington, “Ethnicity, Race, Class, andNationality”Bolles, “Women and Development”Alleyne, “A Linguistic Perspective on theCaribbean”Desmangles, Glazier, & Murphy, “Religion in theCaribbean”Kilby, “The Caribbean as a Musical Region”Meehan & Miller, “Literature and Popular Culture”Conway, “The Caribbean Diaspora”Flores, “Creolité in the Hood”9
2. Explain the emergence of Afro-American cultures in the Caribbean. 3. Assess the impact of the plantation system and African slavery on Caribbean societies. 4. Identify the main similarities and differences among contemporary Caribbean cultures. 5. Describe the principal socioeconomic problems of the contemporary Caribbean. 6.
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