Description: (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies C107.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Study of how intersections of race, class, and gender help shape experiences of Latina/Latino families in U.S. society and how these intersections also help shape individual experiences within families. Examination of family, race, class, and gender as sociological concepts. Readings about family experiences of Mexican and Central American groups in U.S., with special emphasis on immigrants, and analysis of how race, class, and gender together play important roles in shaping these experiences. Discussion of roles of structure and space for agency in each context. Concurrently scheduled with course C212. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 4.0