| Course Title: Intermediate Topics: 'Borderlands Film and Literature' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: In Borderlands/La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua asserts that material change is impossible without changing the cultural imagery in our minds. Latinx Borderlands artists have effected such change through their cultural production. This course will introduce students to Borderlands literature and film, and will provide an overview of Mexican American, Chicanx, and other Latinx artistic production from the U.S- Mexico border region. The course will closely examine how these texts reflect borderland folklore, social issues, and "fronterizo" identities. Students will read multiple registers of artistic production, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, testimonio, and folk song lyrics. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Raul Gutierrez | rgutierrez@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 118 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0004 | CRPE-4: Latinx Studies - Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Latinx Studies minor. |
| LATAM0001 | LATAM: Latin American Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor. |
| LATAM0001 | LATAM: Latin American Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Latin American Studies major and/or minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Sabrina & Corina: Stories Author: Fajardo-Anstine, Kali Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780525511304 Publisher: One World; Reprint edition |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: Clap When You Land Author: Acevedo, Elizabeth Copyright: 2020 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781471409127 Publisher: HarperCollins |
Required | 13.60 |
| Title: Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza Author: Anzaldua, Gloria Copyright: 2012 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781879960855 Publisher: Aunt Lute Books |
Recommended | 22.95 |
| Title: Solito: A Memoir Author: Zamora, Javier Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780593498088 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group |
Required | 12.63 |
| Title: Floaters: Poems Author: Espada, Martin Copyright: 2022 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781324021810 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company |
Required | 12.69 |
| Title: Names of a Map: A Novel Author: Alire Saenz, Benjamin Copyright: 2008 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780061285691 Publisher: Harper Perennial |
Required | 12.75 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |