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1.50 Credits
Lemelle History of Africa from the 19th century to recent times. Attention given to political and economic aspects of Africa's development process. Methodological and theoretical frameworks utilized by Africanists, as well as current debates and trends in African historiography. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Harris Through fiction, autobiography, film, popular culture, and feminist theory, this course examines representations of young women of diverse color/class/sexual identities in "coming of age" narratives of post-World War II U.S.A.context. In exploring the intersections of ethnicity/race, class, sexuality, gender, and intellectual/creative agency in the narratives, we examine how the author/female protagonists revise and resist prescriptive notions of female "coming of age." Offered occasionally.
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1.50 Credits
A. Bradley This course considers the conflicting aesthetics of two prominent black American writers of the mid-20th century. Through close readings of their major works (both fiction and non-fiction, novel and short form) and consideration of their shifting critical reception, we shall seek a clearer sense of how Wright and Hurston differ, what they share, and where they fit in the broader scope of American literature. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
A. Bradley This course explores the major writers, works, and movements in black American literature after the Harlem Renaissance. Particular focus will be given to emerging and diverging traditions of writing and the changing nature of racial representation in the United States. Works may include those of Richard Wright, Ann Petry, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Toni Morrison, and Ishmael Reed. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Summers Sandoval Reading seminar analyzing the historical experiences of Chicanas and Latinas. Foregrounds gender, race, class, and sexuality, examining these women's responses to conquest, capitalism, racism, and patriarchy. Investigates their struggles for justice, connections to other "Third World" women, and formation of feminist theory and practice. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Tinker Salas Latin America incorporates indigenous, European, African, and Asian traditions. Examines the interplay between race, identity, culture, and national consciousness; the multifaceted process of ethnicity and race relations in colonial societies; the 19th century, when elites were first enamored with European and later with U.S. models; challenges to those elite preferences; alternative cultural identities such as Indigenismo and Negritude; and the impact of immigration and the current state of nationalism. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Tinker Salas An overview of the basic elements which have shaped the U.S. presence in Latin America, and the way in which Latin America has been represented in the United States from the early 19th century to present day, exploring both official (public) policy as well as the impact of corporations and the market, ideology, cultural representations, the media, and other. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Pantoja The role of Latinos in the American political process will be examined. Latino political empowerment movements will be analyzed with a focus on political culture/voter participation; organizational development in the different Latino sub-groups; leadership patterns, strategy, and tactics; and other issues impacting the Latino community. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Summers Sandoval Explores use of oral histories in historical research of marginalized communities, investigating issues such as memory and the "body as archive." Provides overviewof oral history theory, practice, and ethical concerns. Students apply course knowledge in research project incorporating Latina/o oral histories. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Ochoa This course uses a case study approach to explore the interplay between economics and demographic transformations and community dynamics. Focusing on Los Angeles communities, the course reviews some of the most recent scholarship in this area and considers topics such as economic transformations, (im)migration, class divisions, race and ethnic relations, community organizing, women and activism, and strategies and possibilities for change. Offered every other year.
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