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Latino Studies 101
This course is an introduction to Latino Studies, a discipline that studies the experience and condition of U.S. Latinos - be they of Caribbean, Latin American, and especially of Mexican decent. It treats Latino Studies as an interdisciplinary arena, drawing from both the social sciences and humanities.

The course presents and analyzes scholarly works that include theoretical models, methodological strategies, and analytical approaches to learning about U.S. Latinos. The course examines - through the lens of social science - the demographics of the above groups as well as the groups' U.S. experiences. The immigrant experience is a particular focus of the course, including its role in the incorporation of Latinos into U.S. society. Finally, various policy implications are examined for their impact on the socioeconomic condition of U.S. Latinos.


Course Syllabus - Fall 2009 (Tu & Thu 11:00pm - 12:45pm)


Files for Download
Course Syllabus (MS Word Doc)

Sample Mid-term 1

"Yo soy Joaquin" (MS Word Doc)


1.)
Sept 3
Introductions and Presentation of Syllabus
2.)
Sept 8
Latinos: Remaking America, "The Research Agenda", pp. 1-37
PowerPoint Presentation
3 & 4.)
Sept 10 & 15 Latino Demographics
PowerPoint Presentation
5.)
Sept 17
Latinos: Remarking America, "Y tu, que? (Y2K)", pp. 45-57

PowerPoint Presentation

6.)
Sept 22

Latinos: Remarking America, "Gender, Ethnicity, and race in School and Work Outcomes in Second-Generation Mexican Americans)", pp 110-125

PowerPoint Presentation

7.)
Sept 24
GUEST LECTURE, FELIPE RODRIGUEZ, "Latino Music"
8.) Sept 29
Latinos: Remarking America, "Unions and Latinos: Mutual Transformation", pp. 126-145

PowerPoint Presentation

9.) Oct 1
FILM, "Spanish Spoken Here." [Notify Professor if you are doing a term paper, rather than the first Midterm]
10.) Oct 6
The Basics of the Immigration Debate

PowerPoint Presentation

  Oct 8


"OCTOBER 8: MIDTERM 1"

11.) Oct 13
Class interaction/identity exercise
12.)
Oct 15

Class Handout: "2007 National Survey of Latinos: As the Illegal Immigration Issue Heats Up, Hispanics Feel the Chill", Pew Hispanic Center, 12-19-'07 Link: http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/84.pdf

PowerPoint Presentation


FIRST TERM PAPER DUE

13.)
Oct 20

Latinos: Remaking America, "Latin@ Languages and Identity", pp. 321-338
PowerPoint Presentation

14.) Oct 22
FILM, "The Bronze Screen"
15.) Oct 27
Latinos: Remarking America, "The Plasticity of Culture and Psychodynamic and Psychological Process in Latino Immigrant Families", pp.289-301

PowerPoint Presentation

16.)
Oct 29

Latinos: Remaking America, "Two Nations Under God? Latino Religious Life in the United States", pp. 150-164 [Notify Professor if you are doing a term paper instead of taking the second Midterm]

PowerPoint Presentation

17.)
Nov 3

Class Handout: "Hispanics and the 2008 Election: A Swing Vote?", Pew Hispanic Center, 12/6/2007

PowerPoint Presentation


Nov 5


NOVEMBER 5: MIDTERM II

18.)
Nov 10

Latinos: Remarking America, "The Latino Health Agenda for the Twenty-first Century", pp. 215-235

 

PowerPoint Presentation

19.)
Nov 12

Class Handout: "A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago and Its Mexican Community"


PowerPoint Presentation

SECOND TERM PAPER DUE

20.)
Nov 17
Latinos: Remaking America, "Families on the Frontier: From Braceros in the Fields to Braceros in the Home", pp. 259-273

PowerPoint Presentation
21.)
Nov 19
GUEST LECTURE
22.)
Nov 24
Latino Consumer Demand

PowerPoint Presentation

Hispanic/Latino Market Profile:

-Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

 

  Nov 26
November 26: THANKSGIVING
23 & 24.)

Dec 1 & 3

Class Handout, "All Immigration Politics is Local", New York Times Magazine, August 5, '07

PowerPoint Presentation

25.)
Dec 8
Latinos: Remaking America, "Problematic Paradigms: Racial Diversity and Corporate Identity in the Latino Community", pp. 435-455

PowerPoint Presentation

26.)
Dec 10
Class interaction/identity exercise and course evaluation



FINAL: TUESDAY, December 22nd 10:00 to 12:00PM