Latinos, Latina/os, Latinx, Chicanos, Boricuas, Nuyoricans, Cubanos, Dominicanos, Salvadoreños, Hispanics. US Latinos go by many different identities and now number more than 50 million—the largest minority group in the country. In this class we look at Latinx cultural production from literature to theory to television, broken down into thematic units including historical contexts, immigrant stories, transnational identities, feminisms, queer identities and Latinos in entertainment. Class held in English.
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Major, Elective credit
GEP before 2025: Non-European/non-Anglophone, Literature
Converse Core: Textual Analysis and Culture & Diversity