COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the central concepts and critical thinking.   Their application to the  Chicano culture from its indigenous roots to the present. using the process of Critical Thinking.  This review will be seen through the lens of race based theories and selected historical and contemporary discourse of African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos and Latinos on race relations and multiculturalism in Americna society.   Emphasis will be placed on the diversity of the Chicana/o experience and the particular existential conditions in Chicana/o life which have shaped social reality.

Lectures, readings and audio visual materials as well as major selected topics are designed to examine the socio-cultural development of the Chicano community in the United States. These topics include: critical analysis of  the historical expressions of culture, Immigration, gender, music, art, language, folklore and the family as they are impacted by race relations as well as national origin.  The course combines lecture, videotape and film presentations with reading and writing assignments and library research.

Classes for this course will meet three hours a week..   Attendance is mandatory for successful completion of the course.
Course requirements include: regular attendance, timely course readings, class participation, original writing assignments and special projects.

There will be occasional quizzes, a midterm exam and a final exam.
 

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Howard Kahane and Nancy Cavender, Logic and Contemporary Rethoric: The use of reason in everyday Life
Roberto Sifuentes, Reader for Critical Thinking as applied to Chicanos . - Handouts, Your Class Notes and Lectures
 

REFERENCES:

Miguel Leon Portilla, The Broken Spears

Octavio Paz, The Labirinth of Solitude

Aztlan, Chicano Journal of the Social Sciences and the Arts

CARA (Chicano Art, Resistance and Affirmation)

Americo Paredes, With a Pistol in His Hand

Carey MacWilliams, North From Mexico

VIDEOS:

I am Joaquin by El teatro campesino

Los vendidos by El teatro campesino

Chicano, The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, by PBS

Guillermol Gomez-Pena and Roberto Sifuentes. "The Temple of Confessions"

GRADES

In order to meet the requirements of the course and receive a final grade, students need to do required readings, writing assignments, one midterm exam, one final exam and one term paper (10 Pgs.). Class participation and timely attendance are necessary for attaining higher grades in the course. Unexcused absences will affect the grade of the student

Chicano Studies 202 is a multi-media course. Videos are presented to enhance lectures and readings and class discussion. Students may be asked to write brief reviews related to videos and are responsible to take all quizzes as required by the instructor.

Chicano Studies 202 is a lower division introductory course. Some extraordinary readings may be done from the list of recommended texts. (see the Instructor).

ChS 202, WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Week 1.- Introduction.  Defining Race, Racism and Critical Thinking. Kahane, Logic and Contemporary Rethoric

Week 2.- Colonial Period. Development of Mestizage -  I Am Joaquín, Discovery, Conquest and Exploration (1492-1600); 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, Explores and Settlers. The Encomienda System-Economic Development or Human Exploitation. Library Assignment: Five Chicano bibliographical entries one each of the following areas History, Literature, Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, Folklore, the Arts. Home Assignment: read Kahane and Cavender 1st Chapter

Week 3.-Kahane and Cavender, Chapter I; Home assignment due. Read and do exercises for chapter II. 19th Century, Independence of Mexico "Art and Revolution in Mexico," a video. The Texas Rebellion. The US Invasion. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Annexation of Mexican Territory by the US. The Reform, Benito Juarez and Liberalism.
Readings: Kahane and Cavender Chapter 2.

Week 4.-Assignment due for Kahane and Cavender Cahapter II. The French Invasion of Mexico, 5 de mayo today.  Hacienda System: Mexicanos Texanos, Californios, Nuevo Mexicanos. Social Outlaws in the US. The Porfiriato, Mexican Revolution. Madero No Reelección. Conspiracy at the US Embassy. Zapata, Villa, Carranza and Obregon. Mexican Migration (1900-1921) North from Mexico. Readings: Kahane and Cavender Chapter 3.

Week 5.- The Writers of the Mexican Revolution. Intellectual movement. Muralism. Flores Magon, Martín Luis Guzman
Readings:  Kahane and Cavender Chapter 4, 5.

Week 6 .- Readings: Kahane and Cavender Chapter 6.

Week 7.- 2nd World War, the Sleepy Lagoon Incident in Los Angeles. The Pachucos. 1945-1955 in Search of Identity, Octavio Paz, The Labirinth of Solitude. 1955-1960, The Mexican Americans (California). The New Mexicans Spanish or Hispanos, The Latin Americans, Tejanos (Texas) Reading::"Alambristas, Braceros Mojados, Norteños; Aliens in Aztlan by Arturo Madrid Varela. Readings: Kahane and Cavender Chapter 7, 8.

Week 8.- 1960-1980 Resistance, Identity and Affirmation The Chicano Movement. The New Intellectualism. Lecture on the Corrido from Guadalupe Posada to the Mexican Revolution. Readings: Kahane and Cavender Chapter 8.

Week 9.-  MIDTERM   R. Sifuentes, "El corrido de los hermanos Hernandez." Video: El Corrido by el Teatro Campesino, Discussion and midterm review.

Week 10.- SPRING BREAK MARCH 24-29.

Week 11.- The Family, Chicano Art. Readings: in A Reader for Chicano Culture: Tomas Ibarra Frausto "Rascuachismo-A Chicano Sensibility"A video on performance Art, Guillermo Gomes-Peña / Roberto Mario Sifuentes.

Week 12.- Chicano Literature and Theatre. Other Chicano Cultural Experiences Readings: in A Reader for Chicano Culture: Jorge Huerta, "Chicano Theatro."

Week 13.- Chicanos and Latinos as consumers. Language a Reflector of Culture. Readings: in A Reader for Chicano Culture  George I. Sanchez, "Spanish in the Southwest."

Week 14 .- Chicanos Mexicanos and other latinos in 1995. Review for the Finals

_______Finals Finals Finals
 
 

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