FROM BAD BUNNY TO BAD HOMBRES: THE (MIS)REPRESENTATION AND (IN)VISIBILITY OF SPANISH IN THE US
Survey and analysis of the historical and contemporary presence of the Spanish language and its speakers in U.S. communities, pop culture, media, schools and politics. Examination through linguistic, sociolinguistic, raciolinguistic and linguistic-anthropological lenses of how Spanish is used (and misused) by speakers and non-speakers alike to uphold, reproduce or perhaps transform ethnolinguistic, racialized and other social identities, attitudes and ideologies associated with Spanish in the U.S.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the social, cultural, and linguistic diversity that characterizes Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze how Spanish is (mis)used in the U.S. to variously assert, silence, promote or oppress social, cultural and political identities and causes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and critically assess linguistic, sociolinguistic and raciolinguistic attitudes and ideologies surrounding the presence of Spanish and communities of Spanish speakers in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain how history has affected present-day circumstances regarding ethnoracial and linguistic inequalities in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Reflect on how the racialization of language impacts their own lives. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the social, cultural, and linguistic diversity that characterizes Spanish-speaking communities in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze how Spanish is (mis)used in the U.S. to variously assert, silence, promote or oppress social, cultural and political identities and causes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and critically assess linguistic, sociolinguistic and raciolinguistic attitudes and ideologies surrounding the presence of Spanish and communities of Spanish speakers in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explain how history has affected present-day circumstances regarding ethnoracial and linguistic inequalities in the U.S. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Reflect on how the racialization of language impacts their own lives. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027