Through historical and social scientific studies, novels, autobiographies, testimonies, films, music, and art, this course will provide students a survey of Chicana/o history and culture. Historical overviews of Chicana/o peoples from Mesoamerica; the Spanish Conquest; the historical presence of Chicana/o peoples in the Southwest; the rise of the Chicana/o student and community movements; immigration issues; and the gender, sexuality, and criminalization issues. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity or United States context.
Provides foundation for study of Chicano literature, music, the plastic arts, theatre, and film. Also introduces aesthetic and critical concepts and their applications in Chicana and Chicano studies. Formerly ETHN 1036. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Introduces Chicana and Chicano and Mexican literary studies, focusing on narrative works by Chicana and Chicano writers. Examines diverse range of Mexican writing in Greater Mexico as it addresses recurring issues and themes, including language, race and class, questions of identity, and gender relations. Same as ENGL 2747.
Critically explores the Chicana experience and identity. Examines issues arising from the intersection of class, race, and gender. Focuses on controversies surrounding culture and gender through an analysis of feminism and feminismo. Recommended prereq., ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536.
Intensive examination of a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem in Chicana and Chicano studies as chosen by the instructor. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours within a term on different topics. Recommended prereq., ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536.
Provides insight into the present socioeconomic condition of Chicanas and the concept of feminismo through interdisciplinary study of history, sociology, literary images, and film portrayals. Recommended prereq., ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536. Same as WMST 3135. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.
Theoretically engaged seminar considers intersections of Chicana/o and Native American studies to shape our scholarly understanding of the U.S. and Mexico borderlands. Ethnographies, historical studies, novels, film, and music will be used to understand the processes of Spanish and Euro-American colonization, neocolonialism, identity formation, gender, syncretism, and mestizaje. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem concerning Chicana and Chicano studies. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics. Same as ETHN 5686. Formerly ETHN 4686. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
This is a writing intensive workshop in contemporary poetry writing and Chicana/o and Latina/o poetics-specifically, Nuyorican and Afro-Latino (the Nuyorican Poets Cafe). The purpose of the course is dual-fold: 1) students will be encouraged and empowered to express and develop their poetic voice; 2) students will be challenged to develop and refine their poetic craft. Examines primarily Chicana and Latino specific poetic expression that reflects the cultural mestizaje of Chicano/a and Latina/o peoples. Recommended prereq., 6 credits in any ETHN class. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 2001 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Gives special attention to ways U.S. institutions (i.e., legal, economic, educational, governmental and social agencies) affect Chicanas and Chicanos. Discusses internal colonialism, institutional racism, assimilation and acculturation, and identity. ETHN 4306 and 5306 are indentical courses. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of ETHN 2001 or ETHN 2536 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Examines a particular topic, theme, issue, or problem concerning Chicanas and Chicanos. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Same as ETHN 4106. Formerly ETHN 5686. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Gives special attention to ways U.S. institutions (i.e., legal, economic, educational, governmental and social agencies) affect Chicanas and Chicanos. Discusses internal colonialism, institutional racism, assimilation and acculturation, and identity. ETHN 4306 and 5306 are indentical courses. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines complex histories, cultural practices, and liminal/3rd spaces of the US/Mexico borderlands; racial and gender identities; and community formations. The seminar considers a range of autobiographic testimony narratives, films, social and legal studies, and theories of subjectivity that engage with the politics of representation vis a vis the criminalization of Chicana/o and ethnic youth, immigrants, and those perceived to be immigrants. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
