| source Berkeley (X) |
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department Chicano Studies (X) |
Designed and systematically structured to develop confidence in the Chicano student's ability to communicate effectively in Spanish through an emphasis on class discussions, weekly compositions, individual and group presentations, lectures, movies and selected readings. Newly acquired confidence in and facility with the Spanish language will be continually reinforced through class presentation, written and oral reports and researched topics.
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To expand upon the material and concepts covered in 6A. This course is designed to introduce the Chicano student to representative Spanish authors and to critical analyses of a variety of their writings.
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An introduction to the cultural life of Chicanos with its regional differences. Key themes are the symbols and cultural norms created by the historical interaction between Chicanos and American society as expressed in literature, art, music, and folklore. Attention will also be given to change and continuity in Chicano cultural norms on the basis of historical events.
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The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
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Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
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The course will introduce students to modern Chicano literature written in English, and will provide necessary background for understanding more specialized courses in the area.
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A general overview of the Chicano historical experience in the U.S.
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A critical analysis of the Latino political experience in the United States. The course compares and contrasts the ideologies, political organizations, and political leadership in the Mexican American, Cuban American, Puerto Rican, and Central American communities. The contemporary issues confronting Latinos are critically examined.
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A critical assessment of paradigms and intellectual traditions in Chicano Studies.
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For the last 30 years, the themes of identity and liberation have dominated the social ethic and religious thought of subaltern subjectivities in the Americas. The centrality of these ideas respond to the increasing awareness of and opposition to the legacies of the history of conquest, colonization, racism, and sexism in the region. In this course, we are going to study the intellectual production of various ethnic groups in the Americas, particularly Latinas and Latinos in the 20th century, in order to clarify the ties between concerns for cultural and religious identity and the articulation of alternative ethical and political visions.
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A survey of Mexican and Chicano art from Mesoamerican period to contemporary Chicano art. Special focus on the mural movements and the relationship between artistic production and the development of Chicano symbols and cultural production.
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What is Chicano music? When did it begin? Who are considered Chicano musicians? How has Chicano music changed in relationship to the historical changes in the Chicano community? How has Chicano music helped shape and been shaped by popular music and popular culture? How has Chicano music been a music accommodation and/or resistance? What role have Chicano artists/musicians played as cultural workers? Does Chicano music have a political agenda? How have Chicano artists and recording companies fared in the music industry? These are a few of the questions we will explore in this course. Course goals and objectives will be accomplished through readings, research, guest lectures, performance, film, and listening to Chicano music. Classroom discourse will be the key ingredient to the success of this course.
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This course examines narrative films primarily of the 1970s and 1980s that deal with the Latino/Chicano experience and the influences that shaped the views reflected in those cinematic works. Films produced in the U.S. and in Latin America will be encompassed in the course, as well as experimental and independent productions.
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This course examines major narrative films produced since the 1980s that deal with the Latino/Chicano experience and the influences that shaped the views reflected in those cinematic works. Films produced in the U.S. and in Latin America will be encompassed by the course.
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This course examines documentary films that are Latino-produced and/or Latino-based in content. The course will emphasize documentary film analysis and interpretation, taking into account the influences of both U.S. and Latin American cinema; alternative media, docudrama, pod-casts, and the like will also be discussed.
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A critical and theoretical analysis of contemporary Chicana Writers and Chicana Feminist Discourse.
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Critical analysis of the works of major Chicano Playwrights, Poets and Fiction Writers.
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A study of the relationships and parallel aspects between Latin American and Chicano literature. Emphasis on the literature of protest as a constant underlying current from the Conquest to the present.
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This course examines contemporary issues facing Chicanas in the U.S. The scope is historical-structural and examines political, and economic arrangements resulting in race, class and gender-based inequities. An individual and community scope examines the variations of: a) class, racial/ethnic and gender identity; b) social integration, and c) responses to structural barriers.
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Survey of Chicano/Latino Theatre from the 1960's to the present. Students will be introduced to various aspects of theatre production with particular emphasis on playwriting and development. Plays will be studied within their social and historical context.
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The student enrolled will study intensively craft in Chicano literature, issues and problems encountered by Chicano writers and the role of the Chicano artist in society. The student will also practice writing in the genre of the student's choice.
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The role of people of Mexican descent in the Southwest from 1800 to 1880.
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The relationship between people of Mexican descent and American society from 1880 to the present.
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This course provides an overview of Mexican immigration to the United States. The relationship between immigration and Chicano community formation will be examined. Issues addressed include settlement patterns, socialization, educational aspiration, identity transformation, and historical changes.
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A comparative survey of the peoples and cultures of the countries of the Central American Isthmus from a historical and contemporary perspective.
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