Identity and Cultural Foundations of Latin American People in the US

3 Credits

This course offers a survey of the socio-cultural and historical underpinnings of Latin American identity, with a focus on Latin American people in the United States. The course reviews foundation/contextual commonalities in the formation of one “Latin American identity” while emphasizing racial, ethnic, and other heterogeneity within the Latin American community. Some of the topics addressed in the course include pre-colonial foundations, colorism, acculturation, and contemporary issues related to Latin Americans in the U.S.