Chicana/o History: 1848-Present, A Survey

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This course is a survey of the Chicanx experience beginning with the era of US imperialism wars of the expansion to the present, emphasizing the roles of Chicanx people in the political, social, and economic development of U.S. society. Utilizing theoretical frameworks and methodologies from Ethnic Studies and Chicanx Studies, historical themes and events will be analyzed through an intersectional lens that interrogates categories of identity and power, including Indigeneity, race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. Topics covered include the impact of US invasion into Mexico on the lives of Mexicans and Indigenous people in the borderlands; (im) migration and labor struggles; the impact of World War I, World War II, and the Cold War on Mexican Americans; the campaigns for civil rights, racial; discrimination, and the struggles for civil rights, decolonization, and self-determination; the construction of a "Chicana/o/x" identity; gender, sex, sexuality, and the emergence of Chicana feminisms; and the transnational Chicanx experience contemporary US.