| Description |
The Southwest of the United States of America is an area characterized by intercultural encounters. Anglo-American and Mexican traditions and cultural practices are in contact with each other as well as with African-American, Native-American and other ethnic backgrounds. We will examine the historical development of intercultural relations in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands over the past century and a half by looking at literary works, essays, historical documents, films, art, music, and other materials. Our focus will be on U.S. Latinas/os.
Students are asked to purchase:
- Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit and Other Plays (Arte Público Press and Players Press, ISBN-10: 1558850481, ISBN-13: 978-1558850484),
- T.C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain (Penguin, ISBN-10: 014023828X, ISBN-13: 978-0140238280),
- Rolando Hinojosa, We Happy Few (Arte Público Press. ISBN-10: 1558853588; ISBN-13: 978-1558853584).
Additional texts will be collected in a reader, which will be available from the copy shop at Reckhammerweg 4 after the first class meeting. |
