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General Information
- Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
- CHLXD026.
- Course Title (CB02)
- La Mujer: Latina Life and Experience
- Course Credit Status
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Effective Term
- Fall 2024
- Course Description
- This course is an introduction to the study of Latinas in American society from a historical and sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on Latina feminist scholarship and cultural representations, border issues and migration, resistance to patriarchy, labor, and the search for power. This course is designed for all students interested in Women and Gender Studies, as well as those interested in Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies.
- Faculty Requirements
- Course Family
- Not Applicable
Course Justification
The course focuses on the Latina/Chicana experience specifically. It is both UC and CSU transferable and meets the requirement of the AA Degree in Liberal Arts. It introduces the student to the study of Chicana and Latina Feminism.
Foothill Equivalency
- Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
- No
- Foothill Course ID
Formerly Statement
Course Development Options
- Basic Skill Status (CB08)
- Course is not a basic skills course.
- Grade Options
- Letter Grade
- Pass/No Pass
- Repeat Limit
- 0
Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
| °®¶¹´«Ã½ GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2GC2 | °®¶¹´«Ã½ GE Area C2 - Humanities | Approved | |
| 2GDX | °®¶¹´«Ã½ GE Area D - Social and Behavioral Sciences | Approved |
| CSU GE | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGC2 | CSU GE Area C2 - Humanities | Approved | |
| CGDY | CSU GE Area D - Social Sciences | Approved |
| IGETC | Area(s) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| IG3B | IGETC Area 3B - Humanities | Approved | |
| IG4X | IGETC Area 4 - Social and Behavioral Sciences | Approved |
Units and Hours
Summary
- Minimum Credit Units
- 4.0
- Maximum Credit Units
- 4.0
Weekly Student Hours
| Type | In Class | Out of Class |
|---|---|---|
| Lecture Hours | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| Laboratory Hours | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Course Student Hours
- Course Duration (Weeks)
- 12.0
- Hours per unit divisor
- 36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
- Lecture
- 48.0
- Laboratory
- 0.0
- Total
- 48.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
- Lecture
- 96.0
- Laboratory
- 0.0
- NA
- 0.0
- Total
- 96.0
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Advisory(ies)
EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.
Limitation(s) on Enrollment
(Not open to students with credit in the cross-listed course(s).)
(Also listed as WMST D026.)
Entrance Skill(s)
General Course Statement(s)
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Methods of Instruction
Lecture and visual aids
Discussion of assigned reading
Discussion and problem solving performed in class
In-class essays
In-class exploration of Internet sites
Quiz and examination review performed in class
Field observation and field trips
Homework and extended projects
Guest speakers
Collaborative learning and small group exercises
Collaborative projects
Assignments
- Read and critically engage with a variety of sources including scholarly works as well as poetry, fiction, and first person narratives.
- Read and critically engage with a variety of scholarly works by Chicana and Latina authors.
- Students will actively read and engage with Chicana and Latina poetry, fiction and non-fiction essays.
- Students will actively read and engage with Chicana/o and Latina/o historical essays and articles.
- Writing may include any of the following: a brief personal narrative, thematic review of Chicana and Latina prose and poetry, research paper related to an individual or collective of Chicana and/or Latina scholars, preparation for in-class presentations of written work, and research related to final paper on a Chicana or Latina scholar or collective of scholars.
- Analytical writing may include a brief personal narrative with reflection on assigned texts.
- Students will write thematic review of Chicana and/or Latina prose and poetry as assigned.
- Students will write a research paper related to an individual Chicana or Latina scholar, collective of Chicana or Latina scholars, or a historical event.
- Service Learning and Civic Engagement: Students will participate in a minimum of 12 hours of integrated service learning and submit a written reflection on their experiences.
Methods of Evaluation
- Student reading will be evaluated through regular quizzes, or through short writing assignments due on a regular basis. They should be able to explain the role of key social, political and historical events that shaped the present situations of Chiacanas and Latinas.
- Writing will be evaluated based on ability of the student to analyze and respond to material presented. This may include narrative journal entries, an analytical research paper and thematic reviews of prose and poetry.
- Final engagement project will be evaluated by quality of analysis of the effectiveness of practical solutions to gender, class and race or ethnicity- based inequities through writing of reflective journals which highlight the student's own growth through the process and the student's perceived contribution to community.
Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities
Essential Student Materials:Â
- None.
- None.
Examples of Primary Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher | Date/Edition | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanchez, Rita and Sonia Lopez. "Chicana Tributes: Activist Women of the Civil Rights Movement - Stories for the New Generation Paperback". San Diego, CA: Montezuma Publishing, 2017. | ||||
| Blackwell, Maylei. "¡Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement". Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2011. | ||||
| Facio, Elisa and Irene Lara, Eds. "Fleshing the Spirit: Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina and Indigenous Women's Lives". Phoenix: University of AZ Press, 2014. | ||||
| Delgadillo, Theresa. "Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative". Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. | ||||
| Pérez, Laura E. "Eros Ideologies Writings on Art, Spirituality, and the Decolonia". Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019. |
Examples of Supporting Texts and References
| Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Anzaldua, Gloria. "Borderlands/La Frontera: the New Mestiza". 4th edition. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2012. | ||
| Anzaldua, Gloria, ed. "Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color". Aunt Lute Books: San Francico, 1990. | ||
| Arredonodo, Gabriela, Aida Hurtado, Norma Klahn and Olga Najera-Ramirez, eds. "Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader". Duke University Press: Durham, NC, 2003. | ||
| Denton, Norma Mendoza. "Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs". Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell Press, 2008. | ||
| Garcia, Alma, ed. "Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings". Routledge: New York, NY, 1997. | ||
| Guzman, Sandra. "The New Latina's Bible: The Modern Latina's Guide to Love, Spirituality, Family and La Vida". Seal Press: New York, 2011. | ||
| Hernandez, Daisy, Bushra Rehman and Cherrie Moraga, eds. "Colonize This: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism". Seal Press: New York, NY, 2002. | ||
| The Latina Feminist Group. "Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios". Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001. | ||
| Moraga, Cherrie. "A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings 2000-2010". Duke University Press: Durham, 2011. | ||
| Robolledo, Tey Diana. "Infinite Divisions: An Anthology of Chicana Literature". Phoenix: University of Arizona Press, 1993. | ||
| Sandoval, Chela. "Methodology of the Oppressed". Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. | ||
| Blake, Debra. "Chicana Sexuality and Gender: Cultural Refiguring in Literature, Oral History and Art". Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008. | ||
| Morales, Iris. "Latinas: Struggles & Protests in 21st Century USA". New York, NY: Red Sugarcane Press, 2019. | ||
| Garcia, Lorena. "Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself: Latina Girls and Sexual Identity". New York, NY: New York University Press, 2012. | ||
| Espinoza, Dionne, MarÃÂa Eugenia Cotera, and Maylei Blackwell. "Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era". Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2019. |
Learning Outcomes and Objectives
Course Objectives
- Explore the concept of La Mujer,including traditional definitions in relation to Chicana/o and Latina/o culture. Students will also analyze the concept of La Chicana and La Mujer in the larger American and Global Women's Movement, and investigate the socio-political aspects and feminists response to traditional definitions of Chicana and Latina women.
- Investigate Chicana and Latina feminist responses to patriarchy through history, anthropology, literature, art and music as well as Chicana and Latina feminist resistance to oppression and affirmation of Chicana and Latina culture through forms like Chicana and Latina poetry, film, song and other cultural production.
- Investigate the indigenous roots of Chicana/os and Latina/os and the contrast between the pre-Columbian past and the globalized present. This will involve deconstructing the myths of the Malinchista and Marianismo.
- Analyze the writing of Chicana and Latina scholars, including women in historical movements and scholarly organizations, both past and present.
- Explore the impact of activism and testimonio, including Chicanas and Latinas in student movements, feminist movements, and global struggles across borders.
- Explore border issues and the concept of the barrio, particularly as they effect Chicanas and Latinas. This includes understanding the barrio as border, barrio as contradictions, barrio as homeland, border crossings and immigration, contemporary border violence against women, borderlands as metaphor, and North American women's response to border issues.
CSLOs
- Students will be able to describe how identities (i.e. religious, gender, ethnic, racial, class, sexual orientation, disability, and/or age) are shaped by cultural and societal influences in contexts of equality and inequality.
- Describe historical, social, political, and economic processes producing diversity, equality, and structured inequalities in the U.S. with specific attention to how those dynamics are impacted by Chicana and Latina lives and experiences.
- Research local organizations which support the goals of Latinas and engage in community activities.
Outline
- Explore the concept of La Mujer, including traditional definitions in relation to Chicana/o and Latina/o culture. Students will also analyze the concept of La Chicana and La Mujer in the larger American and Global Women's Movement, and investigate the socio-political aspects and feminists response to traditional definitions of Chicana and Latina women.
- Explore the concept of La Chicana and La Mujer, including traditional definitions in relation to Chicana/o and Latina/o culture.
- Analyze the concept of La Chicana and La Mujer in the larger American and Global Women's Movement.
- Investigate the socio-political aspects and feminists' response to traditional definitions of Chicana and Latina women.
- Investigate Chicana and Latina feminist responses to patriarchy through history, anthropology, literature, art and music as well as Chicana and Latina feminist resistance to oppression and affirmation of Chicana and Latina culture through forms like Chicana and Latina poetry, film, song and other cultural production.
- Investigate Chicana and Latina feminist responses to patriarchy through history, anthropology, literature, art and music.
- Investigate Chicana and Latina feminist resistance to oppression and affirmation of Chicana and Latina culture through forms like Chicana and Latina poetry, film, song and other cultural production.
- Investigate the indigenous roots of Chicana/os and Latina/os and the contrast between the pre-Columbian past and the globalized present. This will involve deconstructing the myths of the Malinchista and Marianismo.
- Investigate the indigenous roots of Chicana/os and Latina/os and the contrast between the pre-Columbian past and the globalized present.
- Deconstruct the myths of Malinchista and Marianismo.
- Analyze the writing of Chicana and Latina scholars, including women in historical movements and scholarly organizations, both past and present.
- Analyze the writing of Chicana and Latina scholars, including women in historical movements and scholarly organizations.
- Analyze contemporary writing and thought of Chicanas and Latinas.
- Explore the impact of activism and testimonio, including Chicanas and Latinas in student movements, feminist movements, and global struggles across borders.
- Explore the impact of activism, including Chicanas and Latinas in student movements and feminist movements.
- Explore the work of Chicana and Latina activists in global struggles across borders.
- Explore border issues and the concept of the barrio, particularly as they affect Chicanas and Latinas. This includes understanding the barrio as a border, barrio as contradictions, barrio as homeland, border crossings and immigration, contemporary border violence against women, borderlands as metaphor, and North American women's response to border issues.
- Explore border issues and the concept of the barrio, particularly as they effect La Chicana and La Latina. This includes understanding the barrio as border, barrio as contradictions, barrio as homeland, border crossings and immigration, contemporary border violence against women, borderlands as metaphor.
- Examine North American women's response to border issues.
