This course examines a topic not covered by the Department’s regular course offerings, such as close examination of a single work, a particular theme, a type of literature, or other similar topic. Focus varies from term to term and the course may be repeated for credit.

This seminar is designed as an introduction to archival research in nineteenth-century Latine history of the US Southwest--focusing on California. How can we write a history of how the Mexican communities of the nineteenth century felt about their world? With all the tumult of war, conquest, and colonization, how did Mexican communities experience everyday life? Our class will begin with reading histories of the nineteenth century Southwest before diving into the history of Latine print culture and literature, even as we integrate archival research and explore the history of Latine feelings by looking at the correspondence between loved ones, notebooks, photographs, and other ephemera.

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