The Latinx Experience

Course Description

This course focuses on the history of people of Latin American descent (Latinas/os) living in the United States. Although students will examine communities comprised of people of Central and South American descent, the focus of this course will be on the four largest Latinx groups: those of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican descent. Students will become familiar with issues that have affected different Latinx populations in the United States: transnational migration patterns, reasons immigrants left Latin America, cultural interaction, community and cultural formation; and racial formations. Students will also examine relations among Latinx and European immigrants, and consider the effects of US intervention and imperialism in Latin America on US Latinx communities. Lectures, readings, and films will explore connections between the past and the present and provide students a forum to express their own viewpoints on the legacy of this history. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course.

Code

AMS 310

Credits

3

Subject

AMS

Programs That Include This Course

• Minor Minor in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies