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Latin America and the Latin American Diaspora
LAST350 SP
Crosslistings: AMST350
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 15 | 0 | Times: .T..... 1:10PM-4:00PM; | Yes | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
This course examines the usefulness of the concept of
transnationalism to understand migration in the Americas.
Some scholars have argued that, in contrast to earlier
immigrant groups, such as Germans, Irish, and
Italian-Americans, which sought a quick assimilation to U.S.
society, Latinos lead "dual lives", simultaneously embedded
in their sending and receiving countries. This is made
possible by a deepening of capitalist globalization and by
recent technological changes that allow immigrants to
maintain close contacts with their communities of origin.
This course will focus on the implications of this
phenomenon for Latin America. Topics will include
remittances and local social stratification, the
globalization of the media, the maintenance and contestation
of gender roles and racial/ethnic identities across national
borders, the formation of interamerican youth gangs, and the
role of religion and popular culture in the emergence of
continental hybrid patterns.
MAJOR READINGS
Linda Basch, Nina Glick Schiller and
Christina Szanton Blanc, NATIONS UNBOUND: TRANSNATIONAL
PROJECTS, POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENTS AND THE
DETERRITORIALIZED NATION-STATE.
Sherri Grasmuck and Patricia Pessar, BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS:
DOMINICAN INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION.
Frances Aparicio, LISTENING TO SALSA: GENDER, LATIN POPULAR
MUSIC, AND PUERTO RICAN CULTURES.
Alfredo Morande, HOMBRES Y MACHOS: MASCULINITY AND LATINO
CULTURE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Short reaction papers plus a
long research paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Vasquez, M
- Times: .T..... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 3, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
- Permission of Instructor Required.
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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