HIST 379

Spring 2013

Part of Term 1
Jan 14-May 1
Latina/os and the City
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as LLS 379. See LLS 379.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
46483
Lecture-Discussion
A
4:00PM -5:20PM
MW
Foreign Languages Building
Quintana, I
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/14/13-05/01/13
Section Info:
Topic: "Histories of Latinas/os and Asian Americans in the Global City, Los Angeles." Taking an interdisciplinary approach to historical questions, this undergraduate seminar-style course will analyze urban geography by looking at cultural spaces of Latinas/os and Asian Americans in the global city of Los Angeles. Processes of segregation and exclusion have placed Latinas/os, Asian Americans, and other people of color in the United States on the periphery of social, political, and geographical power, as well as on the periphery of the nation. The course will examine the racialization and gendering of space, and the spatialization of race and gender in Los Angeles from two angles: One, students will look at how the city was created in the context of global imperialism and colonization. We will examine the impact of colonial legacies on urban space with an eye toward understanding present-day dynamics of domestic and global migration. Two, students will consider the micro-level material constructions of streets, homes and neighborhoods, such as architectural configurations, infrastructural maps and daily movement of residents across urban terrain.
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