Introduction to Latina/o/x Cultural Studies

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This course serves as an introduction to the many discourses that structure and challengewhat it means to be Latina/o/x in the United States. Through historically situated critical analysis of Latina/o/x cultural production, including theoretical essays, literature, and film, we will meditate on the major issues that shape the Latina/o/x experience. We will study how Latinidad—the sense of being Latina/o/x—is constructed as an identity and how that identity varies across origin, place, and time. Major themes we will explore include include the legacies of U.S. colonialism; cultural nationalism, citizenship, immigration and exile; labor and class; race and ethnicity; and gender and sexuality.