Caribbean and Latin American Migration: Race, Gender, Community

This course explores key issues in migration, especially as they relate to Latin America and the Caribbean. Viewing migration through multidisciplinary lenses, it explores the historic and contemporary forces behind the movement of people across the region; global and regional Migration regimes and their limitations; the implications of gender, race, ethnicity and class on migrant experience; the social effects of migration, especially on families; migrant survival strategies; and migrants contributions to their adopted countries, among others. The course draws from literature, film alongside academic texts representing a wide range of disciplinary perspectives to illustrate the varied approaches to think about migration and the people at the center of this phenomenon.