2023 Spring CHICANO 190 001 SEM 001

Spring 2023

CHICANO 190 001 - SEM 001

Advanced Seminar in Chicanx and Latinx Studies

"Latinx Pop!: Representing Gender & Sexuality in Latinx Pop Culture"

Juana Maria Rodriguez

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023
Tu, Th
02:00 pm - 03:29 pm
Social Sciences Building 180
Class #:31420
Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Ethnic Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 1
Enrolled: 19
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 20
Waitlist Max: 5
Open Reserved Seats:
1 reserved for Undergraduate Students: Chicano Studies or ChicanX LatinX Studies Majors

Hours & Workload

3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

Course Catalog Description

Advanced seminar in Chicanx and Latinx Studies with topic to be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Class Description

This course considers how popular cultural forms as diverse as reggaeton, telenovelas, zines, and TikTok, influence broader representations of Latinx gender and sexuality. How have these different media projects reshaped articulations of Latinx masculinities, femininities, queerness, familia, romance, and ethnic identity? How have genres like punk, poetry, and porn been taken up by different Latinx publics to redefine the stereotypes that have been used to define us? In this class, students will be conducting independent research that will track how cultural representation functions in a variety of mainstream, independent, and subcultural genres. Themes for mutual consideration will include the problems and possibilities of community representation; race and racism in Latin American and Latinx cultural production; consumerism and cultural commodities; and the representation of alternative genders and sexual cultures.

Rules & Requirements

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Reserved Seats

Current Enrollment

Open Reserved Seats:

Textbooks & Materials

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