Description: (Same as Chicana and Chicano Studies M105D.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: English Composition 3 or 3H. Survey of U.S. Latina/Latino literature and introduction to its major critical trends, with emphasis on groups of Caribbean, Mexican, South American, and Central American origin. Representative works read in relation to such topics as relationship between Latina/Latino populations and U.S. cultural sphere, struggle for self-determination, experiences of exile and migration, border zones, enclaves and language, and mestizaje and its impact on cultural production. P/NP or letter grading.

Units: 5.0