Chicana/o - Latina/o 186ch - Contemporary Chicana Literature Seminar

Institution:

Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

Alcalá Analyzes how Chicana writers have negotiated with and against the symbolic inheritance (and the material social consequences) of four Mexican cultural icons of womanhood: la Malincha, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and La Llorona. Furthermore, the process of icon construction in Mexicano-Chicano/a culture will be explored by studying post-mortem representations of Selena. Offered every other year.

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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