LLS 379

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Latina/os and the City

Credit: 3 hours.

Examination of the migration and settlement of Latina/o populations (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, and Central and South Americans) in U.S. cities. Focus on the historic, economic, social and political factors that influenced these migrations and the choices migrants made to come to the United States and to urban areas in particular. Study of the regional variation among Latina/o groups, and coalition building and collaborative ventures between Latina/os and other communities of color in urban areas.

Same as HIST 379.

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LLS 379 class schedule data for spring 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	46461	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.