Images of Latinas: Syllabus
Schedule of Class Discussions:
- Week 1: Who Are They? History and Diversity
- Week 2: Language and Women: Are We Prisoners of the Word?
- Week 3: Constituting a Subject: The Politics of Difference
- Week 4: Subjectivity: My Wicked, Wicked Ways, Sandra Cisneros
- Week 5: In the Workplace: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
- Week 6: The Sexuality of Latinas
- Week 7: Proposals and Presentations for Research Papers
- Week 8: A Politics of Place/ The Place of Politics
- Week 9: Barrio Women
- Week 10: Voices from the Borderlands
- Week 11:In this section we will read
Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes
- Week 12:In this section we will read
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
- Week 13:In this section we will read
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
- Weeks 14 & 15: Research Papers Due. Presentations