This course is an introduction to Latino Studies, a discipline that studies the experience and condition of US Latinos—be they of Caribbean, Latin American, and especially of Mexican decent. It treats Latino Studies as an interdisciplinary arena, drawing from both the Social Sciences and Humanities. The course presents and analyzes scholarly works that include theoretical models, methodological strategies, and analytical approaches to learning about US Latinos--be they Chicanos/Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, or other groups of Latin American origin. The course examines--through the lens of social science--the demographics of the above groups as well as the groups' US experiences. The immigrant experience is a particular focus of the course and its role in the incorporation of Latinos into US society. Finally, various policy implications are examined for their impact on the socioeconomic condition of US Latinos.
1) January 22: |
Introduction and Presentation of Course Syllabus |
2) January 24: |
FILM, "Spanish Spoken Here "
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3) January 29: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "The Research Agenda"
PowerPoint Presentation |
4) January 31: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "Y tu, que? (Y2K)"
PowerPoint Presentation |
5) February 5: |
GUEST LECTURER, Felipe Rodriguez: Latino Music |
6 & 7) February 7 & 12: |
Latino Demographics
PowerPoint Presentation
Pew Hispanic Report: US Population Projections 2005-2050 |
8) February 14: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "Latin@ Languages and Identity"
PowerPoint Presentation |
9) February 19: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "The Plasticity of Culture and Psychodynamic and Psychological Process in Latino Immigrant Families"
PowerPoint Presentation |
10) February 21: |
Class interaction/identity exercise |
-- February 26: |
MIDTERM I
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11) February 28: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "Islands & Enclaves: Caribbean Latinos in Historical Perspective"
First Term Paper Due
PowerPoint Presentation |
12 & 13) March 4 & 6: |
Contemporary Immigration Debate
Handout: All Immigration Politics is Local
PowerPoint Presentation |
14) March 11: |
GUEST LECTURER, Michelle Lopez-Rios: Latino Theatre |
15) March 13: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "Two Nations Under God? Latino Religious Life in the United States"
PowerPoint Presentation |
-- March 18 & 20 |
SPRING BREAK |
16 & 17) March 25 & 27: |
2007 National Survey of Latinos: As Illegal Immigration Issue Heats Up, Hispanics Feel the Chill
PowerPoint Presentation |
18) April 1: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "Forever Seen as New - Latino Participation in American Elections"
PowerPoint Presentation |
19) April 3: |
Handout: The Growth of the Hispanic Population and its Voting Strength
PowerPoint Presentation |
20) April 8: |
FILM, "The Bronze Screen" |
-- April 10: |
MIDTERM II |
21) April 15: |
Handout: Changing Channels and Crisscrossing Cultures: A Survey of Latinos on the News Media
Powerpoint Presentation
Second Term Paper Due |
22) April 17: |
GUEST LECTURER, Mauricio Kilwein-Guevara: Poetry |
23 & 24) April 22 & 24: |
Handout: A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago and Its Mexican Community
PowerPoint Presentation |
25) April 29: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "The Latino Health Agenda for the Twenty-first Century"
Powerpoint Presentation |
26) May 1: |
Latino Consumer Demand
PowerPoint Presentation |
27) May 6: |
Latinos: Remaking America, "Problematic Paradigms: Racial Diversity and Corporate Identity in the Latino Community"
PowerPoint Presentation |
28) May 8: |
Class interaction exercise and course evaluation |
-- May 16: |
FINAL EXAM
12:30 - 2:30 pm |
