LATINX FEMINISMS: WOMEN'S LIVES, WORK, AND ACTIVISM

CHICLA 530

Topics vary each semester, but may include history, literature, media, political science, culture, social work, etc., as they relate to Chicana/os and Latina/os in the United States.

CHICLA 501

Explores Chicana/o and Latina/o social movement participation and collective action from the 1940s to the contemporary moment. Using interdisciplinary scholarship and mixed media, analyze paradigms, theories, and debates pertaining to the historical and contemporary economic, cultural, and sociopolitical dimensions of the Latina/o position in the United States. Focuses on social movements and collective action (rooted in labor, community, civil and human rights organizing) and the topics of race and racialization, power and powerlessness, migration, community development, and gender. Compares the experiences of different Latin@ groups.

CHICLA/GEN&WS 334

Explores feminist activism in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Feminist activism, broadly construed, will be explored through ethnography, interviews, documentaries, public facing scholarship, among other forms of intellectual production. Applies transdisciplinary perspectives to consider work from a range of academic fields and topics to understand the major political, economic, and social issues framing feminist social movements across the Americas.

CHICLA/GEN&WS 332

Explores the multiracial and multicultural reality of Latina societies by becoming familiar with the history and cultures of Chicana, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican women. Interdisciplinary readings in law, journalism, public policy, history, and self-reflective literature.

CHICLA 329

An examination of specific themes in Chicano/a life, ways and culture, with readings drawn primarily from fields related to education, social service, and applied social science.