Course Info: CSI-0282
| Course | CSI-0282 Settler Nation |
| Long Title | Settler Nation: Race, Immigration, and US Politics |
| Term | 2024F |
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| Meeting Info | Emily Dickinson Hall 2 on T,TH from 1:00-2:20 |
| Faculty | Professor Loza |
| Capacity | 25 |
| Available | 6 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
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| Additional Info | The content of this course deals with issues of race and power. Students should expect to spend 10 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time |
| Description | This seminar will examine the history of US immigration from the
founding of the American nation to the great waves of European,
Asian, and Mexican immigration during the 19th and early 20th
centuries, to the more recent flows from Southeast Asia, Latin
America, and Africa. In addition to investigating how these
groups were defined and treated in relation to each other by the
media, we will consider the following questions: Who is
"American"? How does the American Dream obscure US settler
colonialism and slavery? How do US immigration narratives,
historically and currently, reveal the racial limits of
citizenship? How do contemporary political debates about
immigration compare with those from previous eras? Is public
opinion about immigration shaped by the media? Special attention
will be paid to the role of immigration in national politics;
Hollywood's fabrication and circulation of ethnic and racial
stereotypes; and the virulent xenophobia routinely exhibited in
the media. This course is reading, writing, and theory intensive. Keywords:ethnic studies, critical race theory, american studies, media studies, sociology |