Reading Schedule Spring 2016 Archive

Schedule of Classes

(All PDFs are in the Dropbox folder).

Week 1: January 12
Week 2: January 19
Week 3: January 26
Week 4: February 2
Week 5: February 9
Week 6: February 16
Week 7: February 23
Week 8: March 8
Week 9: March 15
Week 10: March 22
Week 11: March 31
Week 12: April 5
Week 13: April 12
Week 14: 4/19
Week 15: 4/26

Week 1: January 12

 

When California was México: Testimonios (1769-1890)

 

 

Sign up for your blog post and class discussion leading by 1/15: http://bit.ly/19VG6ho

·       Introduction to the course

·       Apolinaria Lorenzana (1790-1884, California) (watch PBS video with reenactments of her testimonio)

 

Please note:

1.) Primary materials have dates and locations in parentheses to help you situate them historically and geographically. “CC” stands for “contemporary criticism” and is applied to the secondary materials.

2.) Click on all the links to view not only the PDFs, but also supplementary material that is also required reading.

 

 

·       Research online: Maps of the U.S. and Mexico in 1821 and 1848, The Treaty of Guadalupe

·       Eulalia Pérez (1766-1878, California) “Una vieja y sus recuerdos…” 51

·       Pablo de la Guerra (1819-1874, California) “Los Californianos” 67

·       Apolinaria Lorenzana (1790-1884, California) “Memorias” 55

·       Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807-1890, California) “Los recuerdos históricos y personales tocante a la Alta California, 1769-1849” p.72

·       CC: Almaguer, “The Master Narrative of White Supremacy in California”

Topics Covered and Due Dates Tuesday Thursday
Week 2: January 19
(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Histories and Legacies of Racism and Imperialism (1492-present)

 

Sign up for your Group Research Project by January 20 at http://bit.ly/19VG6ho

 

 ·       CC: Morín, “A Separate and Inferior Race” 123·       CC: Perea, “Tracing the Trajectories of Conquest” 70

 

 ·       CC: Selections from the Color of Wealth: Chapter 1·       Optional resource: Notes and bibliography from The Color of Wealth
Week 3: January 26
(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Histories and Legacies of Racism and Imperialism (1492-present) (cont.)

&

Unpacking Privilege

 

Have a planning meeting with your Group by January 29 and set dates for all future meetings (see deadlines in green below).

 ·       CC: Selections from the Color of Wealth: Chapter 4 ·       Lorne Dee Cervantes (b. 1954), “Poem for the Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, an Intelligent, Well-Read Person Could Believe in the War Between Races” (1981, California)·       CC: Peggy McIntosh “Unpacking White Privilege”

·       CC: Arauz, “Unpacking the Mochila”

·       Assignment: Add 2-4 items to the list of “Unpacking la Mochila”; write a private (not to be collected) reflection of 150-200 word describing the impact of racial identity on your life then read: http://goo.gl/UtIRbu
Week 4: February 2
(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

The First Mexican-American Woman Writer Published in English

&

Early Latina Feminisms & Labor

 

Have a planning meeting with your Group by February 5 to discuss at least 3 bibliographic sources per person.

 

 ·       María Cristina Mena, Selected Stories (1913-14, New York)·       CC: González, “’The Fatal Allurement of Local Color’: María Cristina Mena’s México”

 

 Meet in groups, ideally in our regular classroom, to get up to date on presentation planning.
Week 5: February 9
(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

 

 ·       Jovita Idar (1885-1946) “Debemos trabajar…” p.95 (1911, Texas)·       Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922) “Cómo se prostituyen…” p.298 (1916, Puerto Rico)

·       Jesús Colón (1901-1974) “The Flapper” (1927 New York)

 FIRST REVIEW IN CLASS
Week 6: February 16

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Early Patriarchal Representations of Women and Feminism

&

The Construction of Chicana/o Identity

 

Have a planning meeting with your Group by February 17 to discuss at least 3 additional bibliographic or other sources per person.

 

 

 

 ·       Juan del Jarro “El feminismo” p. 97 (1918, Texas)·       María Luisa Garza (1887-1980) “La mujer de talento” p. 302 (1920, Texas)

·       Consuelo Lee Tapia (1904-1989) “Las mujeres y la identidad puertorriqueña” p. 313 (1940, Puerto Rico)

·       Start Reading Zoot Suit

 ·       Luis Valdez (b. 1940), Zoot Suit (play debuted in 1979, set in 1940s) [Skim the intro and read the play.]

 

 
Week 7: February 23

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

The Construction of Chicana/o Identity (cont.)

 

 

 ·       Zoot Suit (1981 film directed by Luis Valdez). DVD on reserve in the library; also available for streaming rent for $3.99; or search for a free lower quality streaming option.·       CC: Oscar “Zeta” Acosta, “Life in the Trenches” 302

·       CC: Acuña, “Early Chicano Activism: Zoot Suits, Sleepy Lagoon, and the Road to Delano” 283

 ·       Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles (1928-2005), “I am Joaquin” 265·       CC: Hartley, “I am Joaquin: Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales and the Retroactive Construction of Chicanismo” 241

 

 
NO CLASS (Spring Break) NO CLASS
Week 8: March 8

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Chicana Feminism

 ·       Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004), Borderlands (1987, Texas/California) pp. 24-97 (sections 1-5) ·       Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004), Borderlands (1987, Texas/California) pp. 99-120 (sections 6 and 7)
Week 9: March 15

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Representing Gender and Sexuality in the Caribbean

 

First Drafts due Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15-16. Sign up for a 15 minute appointment to turn in and with me this day at http://bit.ly/19VG6ho

 

Have a planning meeting with your Group by March 17 to plan the presentation and assign tasks.

 

 First-Draft meetings ·       Mayra Santos Febre (b. 1966) Sirena Silena vestida de pena (2000, Puerto Rico), chs. I-XV
Week 10: March 22

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Representing Gender and Sexuality in the Caribbean (cont.)

 

Sign up by March 25 for a date to turn in your final paper at http://bit.ly/19VG6ho

 

 ·       Mayra Santos Febre (b. 1966) Sirena Silena vestida de pena (2000, Puerto Rico), chs. XVI-XLJuana Maria Rodriguez, “Translating Queer Caribbean Localities in Sirena Selena” PDF ·       Mayra Santos Febre (b. 1966) Sirena Silena vestida de pena (2000, Puerto Rico), finish the novel·
Week 11: March 31

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Topic: Cuban-American Exile Identity

 

 

 ·      NO CLASS (Easter Break)

 

 ·Watch ¿Qué pasa USA? (1977-1980): Episode 4 (“English not Allowed in the House”) and Episode 12 (“Juana gets smart”)

·       CC: Grenier, “The Cuban American Exile Ideology” p. 110

Achy Obejas “We Came All the Way from Cuba So Your COuld Dress Like This?”

Second Review (take-home) distributed Friday, 3/25 and due Friday, 4/ 8

Week 12: April 5

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Intersections of Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality

 

Visit the Speaking Center to practice your group presentation by April 7.

 ·       Daisy Hernandez, A Cup of Water under my Bed ·       Daisy Hernandez, A Cup of Water under my Bed
Week 13: April 12

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

 
  • Marga Gomez sobre las las latinas “bobas” que no habla español
  • El primer episodio de Jane the Virgin [en Netflix]
  • Entrevista con Gina Rodriguez [gracias, Colleen!]
  • Mi entrada sobre “Latinx” y los artículos asociados con los enlaces
  • My PPT on Nuyorican poetry [read it relatively quickly and come prepared for some of the discussions, so we can move through it more quickly]
  • PEW data sobre afrolatinos
  • Willie Perdomo “Niggar Reecan Blues“
  • Felipe Luciano, “Jibaro, My Pretty Nigger“
Week 14: April 19

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 

Topic: Dominican Masculinities

 ·       Junot Díaz (b. 1968), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, p. 1-200.·       The Annotated Oscar Wao (Be aware that there are some relatively minor errors on this group-sourced guide) Junot Díaz (b. 1968), The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, p. 200-339.Melissa González, “‘The Only Way Out Is In’: Power, Race, and Sexuality under Capitalism in Wao“
Week 15: April 26

(Jump back to weekly scheduled readings)

 NO CLASS during the regular time7:00pm-8:30pm Multicultural House

Group Research Project Presentations (12-15 minutes each, not including Q&A)

 Regular class session:Group Research Project Presentations (12-15 minutes each, not including Q&A)

Evaluations

Final paper due from April 19-May 11 (May 9 for seniors)

Choose your own due date here by 3/25: http://bit.ly/19VG6ho

 

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