LTNST 100Introduction to Latina/o Studies

3 credits · Latina/​o Studies · Penn State

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of Latinas/os in the U.S., beginning with a historical overview of the major events in the U.S. southwest, Mexico, and the Caribbean that led to the creation of Latina/o communities in this country. Within this historical context, the course explores a number of themes: 1) the reasons for migration and the effects on identity of movement between countries and within the U.S.; 2) the social protest movements of the 1960s, including Chicano and Puerto Rican nationalism, the farmworker movement, and Latina feminism; and 3) present-day issues as they affect the major Latina/o groups in the U.S., attending to both similarities and differences within and between the major groups.