AMST0477A-S10
How EL NORTE Became the S.West
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How El Norte Became the Southwest
In this course we will study the political and cultural transformation of Northern Mexican/ Southwestern borderlands. Themes and issues will include: Mexican conceptions of frontier, constructions of identity by Tejanos, Californios, and Hispanos, the history of the Mexican American War, demographic transformation, and the role of dispossession and Americanization in cultural change. We will focus on close readings of texts such as: Maria Ruiz de Burton's The Squatter and the Don, The Life and Times of Juaquin Murrieta, Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona, and the screenplay of the movie Lone Star. This course is equivalent to AMST 0477. (Approval required) 3 hrs. sem.
In this course we will study the political and cultural transformation of Northern Mexican/ Southwestern borderlands. Themes and issues will include: Mexican conceptions of frontier, constructions of identity by Tejanos, Californios, and Hispanos, the history of the Mexican American War, demographic transformation, and the role of dispossession and Americanization in cultural change. We will focus on close readings of texts such as: Maria Ruiz de Burton's The Squatter and the Don, The Life and Times of Juaquin Murrieta, Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona, and the screenplay of the movie Lone Star. This course is equivalent to AMST 0477. (Approval required) 3 hrs. sem.
- Term:
- Spring 2010
- Location:
- Johnson Memorial Building 206(JHN 206)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-4:15pm on Wednesday (Feb 8, 2010 to May 10, 2010)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Roberto Lint Sagarena
- Subject:
- American Studies
- Department:
- Program in American Studies
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP HIS NOR SOC
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- INTL0477A-S10 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22696
- Subject Code:
- AMST
- Course Number:
- 0477
- Section Identifier:
- A