Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionThis course provides students with a basic understanding of the Chicana/Latina in contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on establishing a framework from which to view the historical development and treatment of women in modern society. Emphasis is placed on Latina feminist scholarship and cultural representations, border issues and migration, resistance to patriarchy, labor, and the search for power. This course focuses on the development of the Chicana/ Latina identity influenced by the Chicana and Latina cultural formations and experiences. Using readings, media images, and course discussions students will learn about how Chicana history examines social, political, and cultural issues in order to center Chicana identity as a tool of resistance, agency, and social/ cultural contributions in everyday life. Throughout the course, we will be discussing how Chicana identity formations are experienced in multiple spheres, including the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and systemic levels. We will explore the diversity and commonality of Latina experiences. We draw on the sociological approach that includes considering race, ethnicity, and mainstream knowledge as social constructs that permeate all social life, are entrenched in social structures and institutions, and shift and mutate over time and place, often in ways that reproduce existing patterns of power relations. The course also draws on critical race theory to examine society and culture as they relate to categorizations of race, law, and power and social psychology to examine how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of the diversity of the Chicana/ Latian members in varying communities. Portions of instruction may be offered online; may also be offered fully online.Usually HeldMon Wed 9:30am–10:55am 