INQ-271 | The Latino Experience-Global

Full Title: The Latino Experience

Topic Description:

What is Latino? Who are the Latinos in the United States? What role do they play in the social fabric of the United States? What is the cultural and political impact of the Latino population in the United States? This course is an introduction to the culture, literature, and film surrounding the issues of Latinos in the United States. Facets examined of the Latino experience include, but are not limited to, culture and history, immigration patterns, gender issues, family relations, and their values and beliefs. We will look at the historical forces that push and pull people from all over Latin America to the United States. We will also examine how Latinos integrate to the dominant culture in their quest to becomes “American,” but still remain a racial and cultural “other.”

Counts as Global? Yes

Topic Approved: November 2016