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LMAS 201.500
Introduction to Latinx and Mexican American Studies
TR, 11:10am-12:25am
Academic 308
Instructor : Dr. Nancy Plankey-Videla Office : Academic 323A
Email : [email protected] Office Hours : Thurs: 1pm – 3pm and
Phone: [phone] by appointment through Calendly.com/plankeyvidela
Pronouns: she/her/ella
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Prerequisites:
None

Purpose of the Course:
The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to Latinx and Mexican
American Studies. In this class, we will explore the major ideas, movements, and events that have
defined the Latinx experience in the United States. We will consider how gender, race, class, and
ethnic identities have been constructed, transformed, and contested. In doing so, we will interrogate
the ways in which migration, labor markets, social movements, resistance and adaptation, and
popular culture have served as critical arenas in (re)shaping Latinx identity. This course will take a
comparative approach to Latinx studies whereby we will examine how Latinx communities have
interacted and collaborated with other communities of color in the U.S. and beyond. I believe that by
paying close attention to the cadence and rhythms of Latinx history we can gain a better
understanding of how this heterogeneous group has forged community and claimed dignity.