Includes field observation and study in this community. Service-based learning experiences will be incorporated into the course. Benmayor This course focuses on autobiographical writings of contemporary Chicana, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican women in the U.S., as well as testimonial literature of Central and South American women. The course explores themes of gender and migration, class, race, sexuality, spirituality and the body through literature. Emphasis is on memory, identity, and various forms of personal writing.
Readings are in English.
Students will also write personal essays, conduct life history projects, keep journals of readings, and give class presentations. Spanish majors will do assignments in Spanish. Partially fulfills LIT learning outcome.