GRI 478 - Latina Feminisms

(3 units) CO10, CO13

Latina feminisms and their origins, interdisciplinary feminist critical and creative responses across a range of topics that may include borderlands, sexualities, undocumented status, environmental justice, violence toward women.

Prerequisite(s): General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing. Recommended Preparation: WMST 101 or GRI 103; WMST 250 and/or GRI 257.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate command of the language needed for discussing Latina Feminisms and attendant pressing social and political issues.
2. recognize and articulate the diversity of Latina groups as well as the common issues that bring them together.
3. identify and discuss the intellectual trajectories of U.S. Latinx studies and Feminist studies as disciplines.
4. identify ways to think about the form and content of literary cultures identify ways to think about the form and content of literary cultures.
5. analyze how literature shapes, intersects, and interrogates racialized gender and sexuality.
6. demonstrate communication competencies in writing and other media, using critical reading, writing, and research skills.

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