SPA 3220 - Folklore and Culture of the Mexican Southwest

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): SPA 2020, SPA 2120, or equivalent, ENG 1020 or permission of department

Description: Students explore numerous cultures and folkloric practices of Mexican-American communities in the Southwest United States through the lenses of race, ethnicity, inequity, and social justice. The focus is primarily on Mexican, Chicana/o, and indigenous peoples, with additional content on other minoritized groups, and begins with initial European contact in the Americas. Students use folklore to deepen their understanding of the histories and current lived experiences of Mexican-Americans to both question and appreciate the ideals of the U.S. in a course conducted in advanced-level Spanish.