CHICANO 172
Chicana and Chicano Ethnography
Description: Lecture, four hours. Culture change theory encompasses such issues as innovation, syncretism, colonialism, modernization, urbanization, migration, and acculturation. Examination of methods anthropologists/ethnographers use in studying and analyzing culture change within ethnohistorical background of Mexican and Mexican American people to clarify social and cultural origins of modern habits and customs and, more importantly, unravel various culture change threads of that experience. Topics include technology and evolution, Indian nation-states, miscegenation, peasantry, expansionism, industrialization, immigration, ethnicity, and adaptation. Field project on some aspect of culture change required. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
Most Helpful Review
Fall 2015 - Professor Magana was really engaging and approachable. In fact, he is very charismatic and the lectures were never dry or boring. We had 2 short essays on the readings/lectures/material. And one mini-ethnography paper and/or presentation as our final which you could do as a group or individually. I will definitely be looking to take him again for future classes.
Fall 2015 - Professor Magana was really engaging and approachable. In fact, he is very charismatic and the lectures were never dry or boring. We had 2 short essays on the readings/lectures/material. And one mini-ethnography paper and/or presentation as our final which you could do as a group or individually. I will definitely be looking to take him again for future classes.