Latinx Chicago (312-0-1)

Instructors

Merida M Maria Rua

Meeting Info

University Hall 118: Mon, Wed 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

The Chicagoland area has long been a home for Latina/o/x communities. These communities, spanning and spilling beyond city limits, have profoundly shaped life in the Windy City. Drawing on the ever-growing interdisciplinary scholarship on Latinx Chicago, students will explore the local formation of Latinx identities, politics, and cultural production.

Registration Requirements

PREREQUISITES: LATINO 201, 203, or 222 recommended.

Learning Objectives

• Through a broad range of readings, other course materials, and mini-lectures, students will be exposed to how Chicago as "the city" has been imagined, designed, studied, and represented.

• Through their engagement with the course materials, discussion, and writing assignments, students will explore and examine the relationship of people to space and the various ways in which marginalized communities construct a sense of place.

Class Materials (Required)

Readings on Canvas