Cultural Rootedness:Chicano/a Literature and Culture (SPA 346)

Term: 2017 - 2018 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

	Dr. Mario Bahena UriosteguiShow MyInfo popup for Dr. Mario Bahena Uriostegui
	mbahena@jcsu.edu
	Office hours: Monday 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM Tuesday 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM Wednesday 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM Thursday 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Schedule

Tue-Thu, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (8/17/2017 - 12/9/2017) Location: MAIN HUM 115

Description

SPA 346 Cultural Rootedness: Chicano/a Literature
Three credit hours

This bilingual course that examines the cultural hybridity experienced in Chicano/a Literature. The class offers cultural
negotiations of individual and entire communities of Mexican descend in the United States, some communities
whom the border crossed them without their knowledge. To expose to students to major themes, the class covers
major works that have captured the imaginations of the readers as the authors incorporate their own cultural
background as they carve out their own identity within the larger American society.