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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 5-26-1998 |
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CCS101
1998 Fall – 2008 Spring |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load
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Chicana and Chicano Studies |
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Introduction to the wealth and diversity of Chicana and Chicano Studies research from a variety of
disciplinary perspectives through the use of a series of historical and
social scientific studies, novels, testimonios, and
films. Prerequisites: ENG101, or ENG107, or
equivalent. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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CCS101 1998 Fall –
2008 Spring |
Chicana
and Chicano Studies |
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Describe and analyze pre-colonial Mesoamerican
civilization and the concept of Aztlan. (I) |
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2.
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Describe and analyze European movement to Mesoamerica.
(II, III) |
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Describe and analyze the process of the conquest of
Mesoamerica and the present US Southwest. (III, IV) |
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Describe and analyze the process of colonization of the
Mesoamerica and the present US Southwest. (III, IV) |
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Describe and analyze the causes and outcome of the US
conquest of Northern Mexico. (IV) |
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Describe and analyze the consequences of the US conquest
to former Mexican citizens of the present US Southwest. (IV) |
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Describe and analyze the causes and consequences of
Mexican immigration into the US. (V) |
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Describe and analyze the evolution of Chicana/o
social, economic, political, and ideological struggles. (V) |
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Describe and analyze the causes and effects of the Chicano
Movement. (I, VI) |
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Describe and analyze the Chicana
reality and political struggles. (VII) |
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Describe and analyze the causes and effects of urban
alienation. (VIII) |
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Describe the contemporary Chicana/o
condition and the potential for change. (IX) |
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Prepare and present written and/or oral presentations on
selected topics. (I-IX) |
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MCCCD
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CCS101 1998 Fall –
2008 Spring |
Chicana
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I. Civilization of
Mesoamerica A. Pre-Colonial Mexico 1. The sacred world 2. Politics and empire B. Concept of Aztlan II. Iberian Civilization A. The Christian, Moslem,
and Jewish influences 1. Religious 2. Cultural 3. Philosophical B. The Reconquista
C. The Roman Catholic
church D. The medieval concept of
sovereignty III. Colonization of Mexico
A. Hernan
Cortes, Malinten, Cuauhtemoc,
and Bartolome de las Casas 1. Conquest a. Sex and language b. Resistance 2. Genocide 3. Religion B. Mestizaje
1. Racial a. Purity b. Mixture c. Identity 2. Syncretism a. Cultural b. Religious IV. Transition to the US
Southwest A. Northern Mexican
frontier B. American Conquest 1. Manifest destiny 2. "Greasers" 3. The Mexican Cession C. Dispossession and
criminalization of Chicanos 1. Formation of the
US/Mexico border 2. Social banditry D. Economic transformation V. Immigration and Social
and Economic Stratification A. The Porfiriato
B. Expansion of American
capitalization and industrialization C. Mexican Revolution of
1910 D Immigration fears 1. Debates 2. Criminalization E. Chicano and Mexicano resistance VI. The Chicano Movement A. Politics B. Students C. Gender D. Cultural nationalism 1. Struggle for identity 2. Aztlan
VII. Chicanas
and the Political Struggle A. Oppression 1. Race 2. Gender B. Resistance VIII. Urban Alienation A. Gangs B. Racism C. Violence IX. Contemporary Aztlan and Change A. Decolonization B. Hybridity
C. Sexuality |