Key Concepts and Approaches in Latinx Studies (210-0-1)

Instructors

Merida M Rua

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-435: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

In this course, students will examine and assess a set of key concepts and approaches in the interdisciplinary field of Latinx Studies, including but not limited to transnationalism, place-making, sanctuary, and Latinidades. Students will further consider historical and contemporary debates and contestations of how these terms and frameworks have shaped the development of the field and thinking about race, class, age, citizenship, gender, and sexuality, among other constructs of social difference.

Take note that students enrolled in this course are required to attend events related to the Block Museum Exhibition: "Pasados Presentes."

Learning Objectives

• Through a broad range of readings and other course materials and mini-lectures,
students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding oftheoretical and
methodological proposals applied in Latinx Studies and in contributing historical, literary, and social science disciplinary fields.

• Students will also become familiar with and engage academic and popular debates
about the state and direction of Latinx Studies in written assignments, group work and group projects, and by preparing for and participating in classroom discussions.

• Writing assignments and other in-class individual and group exercises and group projects will help students further develop the skills of synthesis, analysis, and dialogue.

Class Materials (Required)

Ana Y. Ramos Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa, eds. Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies: A Reader. (NYU Press, 2021).

Demetria Martínez. Mother Tongue (Ballantine Books, 1994)

Other course materials on Canvas

Notebook

Class Attributes

Social and Behavioral Science Foundational Discipl
U.S. Perspectives on Power, Justice, and Equity
SoC Individual and Social Behavior Distro