UTexas

Portuguese Civilization (PRC)

PRC 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S  Topics in Portuguese Civilization  1-9 Hours  
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
PRC 320E  Topics in Brazilian Studies  3 Hours  
Focus on issues in Brazilian society and Portuguese society and culture.
PRC 320E.1  Samba to Hip Hop: Brazilian Popular Music  3 Hours  
Examines the role of popular music in relationships of power with subordination and the impact of music as a form of cultural expression.
PRC 320E.2  Global Brazil: Immigration and Diaspora in Brazilian Culture  3 Hours  
Examination of twentieth-century literature, films, and other cultural artifacts that capture the multicultural reality of Brazilian society and challenge the image of Brazil as a unified, harmonious, racially-mixed nation. Subjects include contemporary textual and visual representations of the Brazilian diaspora in the United States and Europe.
PRC 320E.3  Afro-Luso-Brazilian Worlds  3 Hours  
Examine the myths and realities in the Afro-Luso-Brazilian worlds and the connections and contrasts between them.
PRC 321  Spectacular Brazil  3 Hours  
Explore the global, historical, thematic, and performative aspects of Brazilian culture using cultural texts, film, popular music, art, and photography.
PRC 325  Modern Brazil  3 Hours  
Explore modern Brazilian urban culture and the processes and contexts that led to the modernization of Brazil.
PRC 327  Black Digital Feminisms in Brazil  3 Hours  
Explore online expressions of Black feminisms in Brazil, highlighting transnational resonances with other Black cultural movements while examining the socio-political particularities of Brazil's current digital landscape.
PRC 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S  Topics in Portuguese Civilization  1-9 Hours  
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.