<p>(Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 240.) Seminar, three hours. Limited to graduate students. Memory is trope through which U.S. Central American writers, performance, visual, media, and public artists and activists communicate across social, national, and phenomenological borders. Through contemporary theories on memory and narrativizing, introduction to U.S. Central American writers, artists, cultural activists, and historical figures. Exploration of issues including civil war, postwar, race, class, sex, gender, globalization, immigration, and identity formations. Students have option to create art, media projects, and essays that interpret readings as these relate to their lives vis-à-vis U.S. Central American cultural production. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Chicana/o and Central American Studies

Combining rigorous, inclusive pedagogy with opportunities for co-curricular activities—including research, internships, and community engagement—the College provides students with diverse learning experiences that helps them thrive, become critical thinkers, and transform society.

College of Letters and Science

The department researches and analyzes the life, history, and culture of Mexican-origin people within the U.S., as well as of other Latina/Latino and indigenous populations in the Americas.

General Catalog

U.S. Central Americans Making Art and Memory

CCAS 240

4 units