Course Info: CSI-0195
| Course | CSI-0195 Introduction to Latinx Studies |
| Long Title | Introduction to Latinx Studies |
| Term | 2018S |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Franklin Patterson Hall 106 on W from 5:30-8:30 |
| Faculty | Wilson Valentin-Escobar |
| Capacity | 23 |
| Available | 17 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Power, Community and Social Justice |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | Students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. |
| Description | In 2014, there were over 55.3 million Latin@s/Latinos residing within the United States, accounting for the largest "minority majority" and comprising 17.3 percent of the total population. This rise in numbers is largely caused by economic, political and other social policies, prompting Latin@s to reside into new regions, cities, and towns that were once hostile to them, accounting for new demographic shifts and thus, Remapping las Americas. In the process, Latin@s have undeniably emerged as a significant political, cultural, economic and social force. Utilizing an interdisciplinary, Critical Ethnic Studies and transnational framework, this course is designed as an introductory foray to studying Latin@/Latinx communities in the United States, focusing on their historical, social, political, cultural and economic formations and practices. Some issues and topics to be discussed include: the history of Latin@/Latinx Studies, inter-Latin@ and transnational formations, Latin@/Latinx identities and their attendant discourses; social and cultural movements; labor policies and (im)migrant labor migration; Current "Juan Crow" and past xenophobic policies and practices against Latin@/Latinx communities; and the forms of resistance employed by Latin@s against historical and current-day imperial projects and ethnically/racially intolerant policies. |