COMP
210
Latina/o Language Politics: Hybrid Voices
Last Offered Fall 2016
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed
LATS 240
/ AMST 240
/ COMP 210
This course is not offered in the current catalog or this is a previous listing for a current course.
Class Details
In this course we will focus on issues of language and identity in the contemporary cultural production and lived experience of various Latina/o communities. As such, how are cultural values and material conditions expressed through Latina/o language and literature? How does Latina/o identity challenge traditional notions of the relationship between language, culture, and nation? In what ways might Latina/o literary and linguistic practices serve as tools for social change? Departing from an overview of common linguistic phenomena such as code-switching (popularly known as “Spanglish”) and Latina/o English, we will examine bilingual education, recent linguistic legislation, and the English Only movement. Throughout the course we will survey texts culled from a variety of literary genres as well, including theatre, autobiography, novels, and poetry. Both directly and/or indirectly, these texts address Latina/o language politics, as well as the broader themes of power, community, ethno-racial identity, gender, sexuality, class, and hybridity.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 1606
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 12
Expected: 12
Class#: 1606
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
participation, two essays, final take-home examination
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
Latina/o Studies concentrators, American Studies majors, Comparative Literature majors by seniority
Distributions:
Division II
Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes:
meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under LATS or AMST; meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under COMP
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LATS 240 Division II AMST 240 Division II COMP 210 Division II
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LATS 240 Division II AMST 240 Division II COMP 210 Division II
Attributes:
AMST Arts in Context Electives
AMST Comp Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora
LATS Core Electives
AMST Comp Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora
LATS Core Electives
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COMP 210 - SEM Latina/o Language Politics
COMP 210 SEM Latina/o Language PoliticsDivision II Exploring Diversity InitiativeNot offered
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