SES # | TOPICS/Readings/Films | KEY DATES |
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Introduction | ||
1 | First generation Latinas: Code-switching and storytelling | |
2 | Mother-daughter and other kinship ties | Journal response to readings due |
Coming-of-age narratives: Semi-autobiographical fiction | ||
3 | When I Was Puerto Rican | Talking points on When I Was Puerto Rican due |
4 | When I Was Puerto Rican, (cont.) | Journal entry on When I Was Puerto Rican due |
First generation conflicts | ||
5 | Film: Real Women Have Curves | Talking points on Real Women Have Curves due |
The abuela figure in Chicana experience | ||
6 | Caramelo | Talking points on Caramelo due |
7 | Caramelo, (cont.) | Research summary on women in the Mexican revolution due (1 page) |
Border crossings | ||
8 | Caramelo, (cont.) | Journal on Caramelo due |
9 | Film: Quinceañera | Talking points on Quinceañera due |
Roots and revolution | ||
10 | Dreaming in Cuban | Talking points on Dreaming in Cuban due |
11 | Dreaming in Cuban, (cont.) |
Midterm essay due Juxtaposing texts (5-6 pages) due |
Political voices | ||
12 |
Women of Smoke: Latin American Women in Literature and Life. Film: Las Madres de La Plaza de Mayo/The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo |
Research summary on Las Madres de La Plaza de Mayo due Student presentation contextualizing Las Madres de La Plaza de Mayo due |
13 | Film: The Official Story | Talking points on The Official Story due |
Kinship and loss | ||
14 | Paula | Talking points on Paula due |
15 | Paula, (cont.) | Journal on Paula due |
Childhood and up-rootedness | ||
16 | Paradise | Talking points on Paradise due |
17 | Paradise, (cont.) | Journal on Paradise due |
Family sagas | ||
18 | Like Water for Chocolate | Journal on Like Water for Chocolate due |
19 | Individual screening: Like Water for Chocolate | |
Biography-writing Latina's lives | ||
20 | Individual screening: Frida | Talking points on Frida due |
Contemporary Latina writers | ||
21 | Song of the Water Saints | Talking points on Song of the Water Saints due |
22 | Song of the Water Saints, (cont.) | Journal on Song of the Water Saints due |
Other perspectives | ||
23 | Film: Sin Nombre | |
24 | Film: Girlfight | |
The diverse Latina experience | ||
25 and 26 | Final project presentations |