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Hauptseminar Cultural Studies
Bachelor Anglophone Studies, Bachelor KuWi, alle Lehrämter, Magister, Master

Modul VI und Modul XVII

The Southwest of the United States of America is an area characterized by intercultural encounters. Anglo-American and Mexican traditions and cultural practices are in contact with each other as well as with African-American, Native-American and other ethnic backgrounds. We will examine the historical development of intercultural relations in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands over the past century and a half by looking at literary works, essays, historical documents, films, art, music, and other materials. Our focus will be on U.S. Latinas/os.

Students are asked to purchase:

• Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit and Other Plays (Arte Público Press and Players Press, ISBN-10: 1558850481, ISBN-13: 978-1558850484),  
• T.C. Boyle, The Tortilla Curtain (Penguin, ISBN-10: 014023828X, ISBN-13: 978-0140238280),
• Rolando Hinojosa, We Happy Few (Arte Público Press. ISBN-10: 1558853588; ISBN-13: 978-1558853584).

Additional texts will be collected in a reader, which will be available from the copy shop at Reckhammerweg 4 after the first class meeting.