Spanish 2540 'Latino' Literatures & Cultures

Spring 2008

(Prepared October 21, 2007; Last Update: Feb 10, 2008)

Chicanos

1. For Wednesday, Feb. 20

Try to learn something new. If you already know about one of these topics, view the other video. Otherwise, it's your choice. Of course, you're welcome to watch both.

Try to arrange with a group from class to go together, and watch the videos IN THE LIBRARY. The fewer times the videos are played, the longer they last.

• View Chicano! VC 3862, Part 2, (Farm Workers Union), 55 minutes (reserve)
• OR View Chicano! VC 3862, Part 4 (Politics), 55 minutes (reserve)

2. For Friday, Feb. 22

• F. Arturo Rosales, "Legacy of the Chicano Movement", in his Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, pp. 248-68 (reserve)
• http://www.nationalmecha.org/about.html
• http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/mecha_timeline.htm

3. For Monday, Feb. 25

• Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, "The Chicano Movement/The Movement of Chicano Art", in Gerardo Mosquera, ed., Beyond the Fantastic: Contemporary Art Criticism from Latin America, pp. 165-82 (reserve)

Extra: http://www.azteca.net/aztec/guadhida.html (Treaty of Guadalupe)