Topics in Latina and Latino Social and Political Issues (392-0-2)
Topic
Race, Gender, and the Carceral State
Instructors
Elvia Mendoza
Crowe Hall, Room 1144
Meeting Info
Kresge Centennial Hall 2-410: Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM
Overview of class
What constitutes the carceral state? What does analyzing the carceral through an intersecting lens of race, gender, and sexuality reveal to us about its punitive orientations? To answer these questions, we will examine the carceral as a web of practices, ideologies, histories, and institutions that organize society through logics and systems of surveillance and criminalization. We will analyze the reach of the carceral state beyond the prison and other sites of confinement. Our aim is to critically understand how these systems of power and control are normalized in the everyday and intimately felt in the lives of Latinas and Latinos and other communities of color.
Learning Objectives
• To analyze the history of the carceral state as form of social control and disciplining.
• To think critically about the history of systems of punishment and how they are informed by constructs of race, gender, and sexuality.
• To explore the how the carceral is intimately felt and contested.
Class Materials (Required)
Lisa Cacho, Racialized Rightlessness and the Criminalization of the Unprotected
Class Attributes
Social and Behavioral Science Foundational Discipl
Interdisciplinary Distro-rules apply
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area
Ethics & Values Distro Area