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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Analysis and discussion of historical and political events from 1965 to 1980, as well as theatrical traditions that led to emergence of Chicano theater. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
(Same as Theater M103G.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course M103D. Analysis and discussion of Chicano theater since 1980, including discussion of Chicana playwrights, magic realism, Chicano comedy, and Chicano performance art. Letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
(Same as English M105A.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of Chicana/ Chicano literature from 16th century through Zoot Suit Riots (1943), including both oral and written forms of literary expression (corridos, folktales, essays, memoirs, novels, and poetry) by such authors as Cabeza de Vaca, Juan Seguin, Americo Paredes, and Maria Ruiz Amparo Burton. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
(Same as English M105B.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of Chicana/ Chicano literature since 1943, beginning with reactions to Zoot Suit Riots and continuing through Chicana/ Chicano Movimiento to contemporary literature. Drama, novels, memoirs, essays, and poetry by such authors as Luis Valdez, Cherrie Moraga, Sandra Cisneros, Rodolfo Anaya, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Zeta Acosta, and Ana Castillo. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Public Health M106.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of Chicano/Latino health status through life expectancy, causes of death, reportable diseases, services utilization, provider supply, and risk behaviors within demographic/immigration changes. Binational review of health effects in U.S. and Mexico. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of traditional and contemporary musical culture. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 10A or Women's Studies 10. Examination of theories and practices of women who identify as "Chicana feminist." Analysis of writings of Chicanas who do not identify as feminist but whose practices attend to gender inequities faced by Chicanas both within Chicana/Chicano community and dominant society. Attention to Anglo-European and Third World women. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours. Introduction to bibliographical and research tools and methods for students with interests in Latino history and culture. P/NP or letter grading.
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5.00 Credits
Lectures/screenings, five hours; discussion, one hour. Goal is to gain nuanced understanding of Chicano cinema as political, socioeconomic, cultural, and aesthetic practice. Examination of representation of Mexican Americans and Chicanos in four Hollywood genres - silent "greaser?ilms, social problem films, Westerns, and gang films - that are major genres that account for films about or with Mexican Americans produced between 1908 and 1980. Examination of recent Chicano-produced films that subvert or signify on these Hollywood genres, including Zoot Suit, Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, and Born in East L.A. Consideration of shorter, more experimental work that critiques Hollywood image of Chicanos. Guest speakers include both pioneer and up-and-coming filmmakers. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Ethnomusicology M115.) Lecture, three hours. Confronting aesthetics from classical perspective of art as intuition, examination on cross-cultural basis of diverse musical contexts within vast multicultural metropolis of Los Angeles, with focus on various musical networks and specific experiences of Chicano/ Latino, African American, American Indian, Asian, rock culture, Western art music tradition, and commercial music industry. P/NP or letter grading.
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