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ROM-STD 130 - Diaspora Artchives: Transnational Stories of Immigration and Citizenship in Historical Perspective

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2018
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Description: This course proposes an innovative approach to archiving and researching through the engagement, analysis and recovery of oral histories and artistic productions of second-generation immigrants who identify as black and/or brown. Setting off from the analysis of twelve stories of self-identified black immigrants from Milan, Italy and Boston, Massachussetts, the students will engage in critical analysis of the historical relationship between race, diaspora, and citizenship.  Building on the original stories and artistic materials, students will produce a... Read more about ROM-STD 130 - Diaspora Artchives: Transnational Stories of Immigration and Citizenship in Historical Perspective

SPANSH 75: Introduction to Latino/a Literature in the United States

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017
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This course will provide an introduction to Latinx literatures and cultures in the United States from 1960 to the present, paying close attention to the historical and social events that have influenced the construction of U.S. Latinx identities as a field within American Studies. Through the examination of canonical texts produced in English, Spanish and Spanglish  we will analyze questions of racial, ethnic, sexual, and cultural identities in conversation with current theoretical concepts such as Diaspora, border identities, code-switching, triple-consciousness, intersectionality.... Read more about SPANSH 75: Introduction to Latino/a Literature in the United States