Topics in Latina and Latino Social and Political Issues (392-0-1)
Topic
Latino Ethnography
Instructors
Matilda Lynn Stubbs
Meeting Info
Harris Hall L28: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
This course will focus on cultural and political expressions and representations of Latinos/as in the US. We will draw from historical accounts, fiction, ethnographies, and media representations. We will consider how these forms of expression are used to represent U.S. Latina/o life. We will examine how ethnography works as a field method and as a form of communication. Our course will cover a broad range of areas and textual modes, so that we may do some comparative work.
Registration Requirements: Upperclassmen only. Freshmen need permission of the instructor
Evaluation Method
Active Participation, Student Presentations, Ethnographic Snapshots, Weekly Commentaries, Short Essay, Research Paper.
Class Materials (Required)
* Diaz, Vanessa. 2020.Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Female Reporters in Hollywood. NC: Duke Univ.Press *Feliciano-Santos, Sherina. 2021. A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity: Language, Social Practice, and Identity Within Puerto Rican Taino Activism. NJ: Rutgers Univ.Press * Dávila, Arlene. 2004. Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City. CA: University of California Press. *Rosa, Jonathan. 2019. Looking Like a Language, Sounding Like a Race: Raciolinguistic Ideologies and the Learning of Latinidad. NY: Oxford University Press.
Class Attributes
Interdisciplinary Distro-rules apply
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area
Ethics & Values Distro Area