Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SOUTHWEST NARRATIVES: WRITING FROM BELOW

Department: Stdy of Women, Gender, & Sxlty

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): WGST 101 AND WGST 102 or permission of instructor

Description: This course examines the "engendering" of official stories and counter-narratives that have shaped the cultural history of the Mexico-US border region. We will track ghosts and symptoms, encrypted and marginal voices as we consider what it means to read from the standpoints of migrants, indigenous, urban poor, and working-class people. Repeatable for Credit.