RACE, ETHNICITY, AND MEDIA

JOURN 824

Examines key theoretical and empirical readings in the area of race/ethnicity and media.

CHICLA 210

Introduction to the cultural worlds of Chicana/os and Latina/os in the U.S. Examines how diverse peoples came to understand themselves as members of a racial, ethnic, and cultural community by exploring the production of music, art, theater, film, television, and literature.

CHICLA/SPANISH 364

Analysis of Latinx/e popular culture to consider the varied make-up of Latinx/e populations, their specific histories, social dynamics, and politics through their creative expressions, performances, and cultural contestations. Covers key terms and concepts, cultural developments, and diverse interpretations while focusing in the analysis of Latinx/e music, performance art, film and media, sports, food, and car culture. Other topics include the production, circulation, and reception of Latinx/e popular culture, the use of Spanish and English languages, issues of identity, migration, and interculturality, the role of the cultural industry, and the context of globalization. Broadly explores the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and nation regarding Latinx/e populations. Taught in Spanish.

CHICLA/COMARTS 419

Critical and historical survey of the participation and representation of Latino/as in U.S. film, television, and popular culture, with a primary focus on Hispanic representation in Hollywood-produced imagery. The counter-images of Latino and Latina media producers also will be explored.

JOURN 562

Delves deeply into the concepts and theories related to the subject of mass media and racial diversity. Key concepts such as race, ethnicity, stereotypes, and white privilege are examined and analyzed in the news, advertising, digital media and social media and their intersection with African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinx Americans, and Arab Americans. Different social and cultural roles assumed by mainstream media and alternative media are also explored.