ETHN 109 - Borders and Crossings

    Recent Professors
    Jaime B. Hernandez, Jose M. Zamora, Anel B. Escalera, Celeste B. Francisco, Colin M. Ehara
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    35–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    This introductory Ethnic Studies course examines how U.S. processes of racial formation and gendering are related to multiple transnational circulations – of commodities, bodies, labor, capital, knowledge, and culture. We interrogate the material and ideological work of borders – particularly nation-state borders, but also the borders and boundaries of racial and ethnic categories, gendered and sexualized identities, languages, forms of labor, and disciplinary categories of knowledge. Also explored are the many ways in which such borders are variously resisted, contested, transgressed, transcended, and transformed over time.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 9:45am–11:00am, Tue Thu 9:45am–11:00am, Tue 6:10pm–9:00pm, Wed 6:10pm–9:00pm