Evan’s World

 
 
Unless otherwise indicated, all readings and assignments must be completed before the beginning of class on the corresponding date.
 

Readings and Assignments

The list of readings and assignments may be updated periodically throughout the semester. Please check back regularly for the most current information.


 

  1. I.Don’t Call Me That! Stereotypes, Images, and Identities


26-Aug     Intro


28-Aug     Treviño, et.al “What’s so Critical About Critical Race Theory”

                web-based research on stereotypes, race, racism (Moodle)


2-Sept     Ramírez Berg, “Stereotyping in Films in General and of the Hispanic in Particular”

              Five Common Latino Stereotypes in Television and Film


4-Sept     Images of Latinas in the Media I

              Negrón Muntaner, “Feeling Pretty”

              Astroff, “Spanish Gold”

  1. II.No Seas #%^#@: Gender Norms and Normativity


9-Sept     Defining Terms

              Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I A Woman?”

              McIntosh, “White Privilege”


11-Sept   Rojas, “The Gender of Latinidad”


16-Sept   Obejas, “We Came All the Way from Cuba”

               

18-Sept   Prida, Beautiful Señoritas


23-Sept   Viramontes, “The Moths”


25-Sept   No class


30-Sept   Chavez, “The Closet”

              Ortiz Cofer, “The Black Virgin”

              Molina Guzmán, “Commodifying Black Latinidad”


2-Oct      Leguizamo, “Manny the Fanny”

              Muñoz, “Pedro Zamora’s Real World of Counterpublicity”


7-Oct      Images of Latinas in the Media II

              Valdivia, “Latina/o Communication”

              Negrón Muntaner, “Jennifer’s Butt”

              Merskin, “The Three Faces of Eva”

             

  1. III.Familiar Ties? Mothers, Daughters, and Others


9-Oct     Álvarez, “Daughter of Invention”

             Luis, “A Search for Identity”


14-Oct   Mohr, “I Never Even Seen My Father”

             Morales, “The Curing Woman”


16-Oct   My Family/Mi Familia


21-Oct   Maid in America (in class)

             Ehnrenreich, “Maid to Order”


23-Oct   Maid in America (in class)


28-Oct   Spanglish


30-Oct   Images of Latinas in the Media III

             Hondagneu Sotelo, Domeéstica (selections)

            

  1. IV.Borderlands? Cultural Norms and Trasncultural Negotiations


4-Nov    Fernandez, “Zulema”


6-Nov    Cisneros, The House on Mango Street


11-Nov  Anzaldúa, “La conciencia de la mestiza”

             Moraga, “La güera”


13-Nov  Carmelita Tropicana, “Milk of Amnesia”

             Muñoz, “Latina Performance and Queer Worldmaking”


18-Nov   Queer Performance and Performativity


20-Nov   Becoming Ricardo