Latin American Studies Blog!

This was an extremely interesting topic to read on. It was basically about the ideas of Roosevelt and how the pictures of Latin America were depicted towards the rest of the world. Such could be cartoons and live action documentary series with Walt’s Disney. These shows described Latin America as beautiful, friendly and lively. Until today I didn’t realise the amount of Latin American influence on television. There had been in shows like Donald Duck and a few others which show and illustrate Latin America’s ideals and the country as a whole. One such instance of Latin American influence in cartoons is when Donald dances to Samba music. Even though this is minor it still shows a lot about the country itself and portrayed how Latin America had been associated with things like dance and music at the time, and even now.   These shows were mostly used to provide propaganda and the interactions between Latin America and USA in order to provide some sense of stability in the eyes of ...

Revolution: attempt to shape a view of the past that organizes power in the present and making claims on the meaning of those events. With regard to Latin America people say that the revolution never really ended. The video talks about the 3 major components of revolution.   There was people like the Diaz’s that benefited from the power and economic advantages that were happening. Another ethos was the revolution of the Serrano- the frontiers-   people that lived a free life in the Mexican state and had seen their life transform because of the modernity that had happened.   For them, this was freedom, and freedom of authority. The last group was the Agrarian: mostly indigenous people living in central and southern Mexico who’s land was illegally taken from them. The concept of who won the revolution is very difficult to say some people won land and some walked with nothing at all.   I found it very interesting to hear what Dawson said about revolution and ho...

Sorry for the couple hours delayed upload- I have managed to break my laptop, tooth and phone all within the span of one week  This week's lecture's were focused entirely on Modernity and the concept of modernization and what it means to us.  Modernization can be defined as the process of a change in development when it comes to social aspects, political and economical aspects. Throughout the 1880's I discovered that countries experienced a lot modernization- in Western Europe, Latin America, North America, and Africa.  Paying specific attention to Latin America and the kind of images that were depicted on Modernity- it seems to me that they all expect us to look and act as people in the US. You are considered modern in todays world if you look like US- when it comes to dressing, technology and all other aspects. Without a doubt- the world will soon turn into America because that is the most "ideal" form of Modernity. God forbid we start thinking like Tru...