LLS 596

Spring 2007 All Classes

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Graduate Seminar in LLS

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Credit: 4 hours.

Examination of specific topics in Latina/Latino Studies. Topics vary.

May be repeated in the same or subsequent semesters to a maximum of 12 hours.

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LLS 596 class schedule data for spring 2007
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
46466	Lecture-Discussion	JD	2:00PM -4:20PM	T	4 Gregory Hall	Dowling, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/07-05/02/07 Section Info: Topic: "Race, Ethnicity and the Politics of Identity." Meets with SOC 596. This course explores the shifting terrain of racial identities in the US. We will explore the history of "race" and "ethnicity," the construction of "panethnic" identities, and contemporary debates surrounding racial self-definition. Readings will focus on the politics of enumeration, including how racial identity is measured, and the problems inherent in collecting racial demographic data. Additional emphasis will be placed on immigrant identities, assimilation/acculturation, and ethnic resilience in the second generation and beyond. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
47295	Lecture-Discussion	JR	5:00PM -7:50PM	T	G46 Foreign Languages Building	Rana, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/07-05/02/07 Section Info: Topic: Race and Cultural Critique. Meets with AAS 590 and ANTH 515. This graduate course examines recent works in the field of US Cultural Studies that draw from a critical tradition linked to British Cultural Studies and US studies of race and racism. To begin with we will examine the concepts of race and culture as they have critically evolved since the post-war era from the aforementioned scholarly traditions. We will then consider some recent monographs that combine various methodologies including those found in anthropology, history, legal studies, literary criticism and political economy, to develop critical understandings of the race and culture concepts. Our task throughout this class will be to examine the complex relationship between race and culture in terms of theoretical and methodological approaches, and to understand how the concepts of race and culture have shifted in meaning and usage. As an examination of particular disciplinary methodology, we will examine historical, sociological, literary, ethnographic, and cultural studies approaches. Finally we will examine recent monographs important to the field of Ethnic Studies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
46474	Lecture-Discussion	LC	3:30PM -5:50PM	W	336 Davenport Hall	Cacho, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/07-05/02/07 Section Info: Topic: Women of Color Feminism. Meets with AAS 590 and GWS 590. This course will explore recent theories and methods that have emerged from women of color feminism by examining the kind of work that was enabled by seminal texts, such as This Bridge Called My Back, Sister Outsider, and Borderlands. Following the work of Grace Hong in Ruptures of American Capitalism, we will consider the following questions: How and why the identity category of women of color was negated when it emerged. How might we define women of color feminist practice? How is it different from racialized immigrant women�s culture? Our discussions and reading responses will revolve around this fundamental question: How does women of color feminism challenge the theories, methods, and evidence of not only traditional disciplines but also the interdisciplines of Ethnic Studies, American Studies, and Women�s Studies? Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
47217	Lecture-Discussion	YW	2:00PM -4:50PM	M	1126 Foreign Languages Building	Wong, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/07-05/02/07 Section Info: Topic: Race, Gender, and Performance. Meets with AAS 590, GWS 590 and DANC 451. What does it mean to "perform" race or gender? How does a body go about "performing" race and gender in theatrical contexts and in everyday life? Are performances of race and gender aesthetic, political or both? This seminar invites a close examination of racializing and gendering discourses in relationship to its affect on the form and content of performative events. Materials in the course will draw on readings and viewings across a variety of performance genres including dance, performance art, physical theater, and festivals.