LLS 396

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Adv Topics Latina/o Studies

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Credit: 3 hours.

Examines specific topics in Latina/Latino Studies not addressed in regularly offered courses. Examples include theories of ethnic identity, historical foundations, cultural expression, and relevant topics in public policy studies of Latina/Latino communities.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours.

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LLS 396 class schedule data for fall 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	64796	Lecture-Discussion	DG	9:30AM -11:50AM	TR	133 1207 W Oregon	Glisch-Sanchez, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Queer Latinidades Section Info: Meets with GWS 395. In the last 20 years, scholars and activists have shown how "queerness" is more than just another word for "gay" and "lesbian." Instead we now know "queerness," although always interested in questions of sexuality, is concerned with all identities that exist out of the mainstream, that lie outside of what is considered "normal." Therefore, this course is interested in those Latina/o identities that run against White and Latina/o mainstream sensibilities. Both dominant White culture and mainstream Latina/o communities have notions of appropriate and/or authentic Latina/o identities. This class critiques mainstream constructions of Latinidad by focusing in particular on Latinidades that exist in the margins of margins, like locas (effeminate gay Latinos), machas (butch lesbian Latinas), poor Latina mothers, trans* Latinas/os, Latina/p sex workers, and indigenous and Afro-Latinidades.
	64012	Lecture-Discussion	NP	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	222 David Kinley Hall	Paik, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Section Title: Prison, Race, and Terror Section Info: Meets with AAS 390 and GWS 395. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. In addition to the 2.5 million people imprisoned under the criminal justice system, the U.S. government captures even more people into carceral spaces within and beyond its borders. This course examines the U.S. prison regime--manifested not only in the prison as a physical place or institution, but also enacted in active practices that seek to shore up state authority by exercising extraordinary power over inmates.Reading scholarship in critical ethnic studies, particularly regarding U.S. prisons, immigration, and warfare, we will examine three areas of U.S. imprisonment--criminal justice, immigrant detention, and martial imprisonment. We will focus on narratives told from the perspectives of prisoners--in autobiographies, documentary films, and testimonies.