LLS 496

Spring 2012

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Seminar in Latina/o Studies
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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
57196
Lecture-Discussion
JI
4:00PM -6:20PM
T
214 Davenport Hall
Inda, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
The Politics of Immigration
Section Info:
Topic: "Politics of Immigration." For Undergraduates only. Meets with SOC 496. This course focuses on how immigrants in the United States have historically been constructed as a "problem" and on various ways that political and other authorities have consequently sought to govern them. Topics include nativism, criminalization, border policing, deportation, detention and incarceration, welfare reform, vigilantism, disease and public health, and anti-immigrant policy activism.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
57503
Lecture-Discussion
LCG
4:00PM -6:20PM
W
214 Davenport Hall
Cacho, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Women of Color Feminisms
Section Info:
Topic: "Women of Color Feminisms." Meets with AAS 490. This course will examine the scholarship of Women of Color Feminism and Native Feminism, which includes various feminist theories, perspectives, and politics that have emerged from and alongside Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. This scholarship will explore 1) how and why the privileged subject of rights-based struggles for people of color has been heterosexual and male, 2) "the cultural defense" as used by the US legal system and international women?s rights campaigns, and 3) the ethical dilemmas and political difficulties involved in organizing through difference. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as literary criticism, critical legal studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as the interdisciplines of Queer Studies, Gender and Women?s Studies, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
57502
Lecture-Discussion
LCU
4:00PM -6:20PM
W
214 Davenport Hall
Cacho, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/17/12-05/02/12
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Women of Color Feminisms
Section Info:
Topic: "Women of Color Feminisms." Meets with AAS 490. This course will examine the scholarship of Women of Color Feminism and Native Feminism, which includes various feminist theories, perspectives, and politics that have emerged from and alongside Ethnic Studies and Indigenous Studies. This scholarship will explore 1) how and why the privileged subject of rights-based struggles for people of color has been heterosexual and male, 2) "the cultural defense" as used by the US legal system and international women?s rights campaigns, and 3) the ethical dilemmas and political difficulties involved in organizing through difference. Readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as literary criticism, critical legal studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as the interdisciplines of Queer Studies, Gender and Women?s Studies, Ethnic Studies, and American Studies.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
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