The southern border--from California to Florida--is the longest physical divide between the First and Third Worlds. This course will examine the border as a distinct landscape where North-South relations take on a specific spatial and cultural dimension, and as a region which has been the testing ground for such issues as free trade, immigration, and ethnic politics.

The wall, deportations, and xenophobic rhetoric have focused national and international attention on the southern border of the United States. Stretching from California to Florida, the border is a cultural mosaic, a zone that brings together diverse cultural identities and experience­s from the North and the South. It is also a place where one can­ see larger social, economic, and political processes at work on both sides of the boundary. In this course, we will examine these larger forces and their impact in the context of globalization in general and Latin America and the U.S. in particular.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills