LLS 410 Writing Latina/o Chicago
(taught second 8-weeks of semester, March 11- May 1)
Examination of novels, poetry, film, and memoirs by Latinas and Latinos writing from and/or about Chicago. Through these texts, the course will simultaneously track a Chicago-based Latina/o literary history and analyze articulations of Latino/a everyday life and politics grounded in the city’s distinct topographical and social contexts. Issues of migration, gentrification, segregation, youth culture, gender, sexuality, race, violence, poverty, class consciousness, and struggles for social justice will figure prominently in lectures and class discussions.
4 graduate hours
CRN# 51310 LCD G 10:00-12:20 TR 137 Armory Velazquez, M.
3 undergraduate hours
CRN# 51296 LCD U 10:00-12:20 TR 137 Armory Velazquez, M.
Alicia P. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Academic Advisor and Administrative Coordinator Department of
Latina/Latino Studies, MC-495
tel: (217)265-0370