Through film, literature, art, and poetry this class will examine and analyse the Chicano Movement, otherwise known as the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, of the 1960s and 1970s. We will explore the early history of the movement, paying attention to significant individuals and organizations espousing demands for equity, citizenship, and civil rights in many areas of life in U.S. society. We will discuss why the Chicano Movement is an ‘invisible’ history outside of the U.S. when compared to the Black Civil Rights movement of the same period. We will also study the ideas and ideologies as well as the actions and accomplishments of the various leaders, members, and groups who made up the Chicano Movimiento. We will spend time, too, looking at the contradictions and conflicts that emerged in the Chicano Movement, how calls for LGBT and gender equality and participation revealed divisions in ideology, and how the inability of movement participants to deal with those challenges undermined the movement’s success. Lastly, we will conclude by weighing the legacy of the movement in the 21st century, and examine how the discourse of dissent moved Chicano to Chican@.
Please see below for pre-semester readings and video, and useful links. There will be a MOODLE reader made available for the class.
Required readings prior to start of semester
El Plan de Aztlan:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/00W/chicano101-1/aztlan.htm
I Am Joaquin by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales:
http://history.msu.edu/hst327/files/2009/05/I-Am-Joaquin.pdf
¡La Lucha Continua! Gloria Arellanes and Women in the Chicano Movement:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/columns/east-of-east/gloria-arellanes-and-women-in-the-chicano-movement.html
Chicanas Speak Out - Women: New Voice of La Raza:
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/wlmpc_wlmms01005/- download PDF
The Philosophy of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán:
http://www.nationalmecha.org/documents/philosophy.pdf
Before the start of semester please view the following four videos (All rights remain with PBS)
Chicano! PBS Documentary - The Struggle in the Fields
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIgIaI5AVpY
Chicano! PBS Documentary - Quest for a Homeland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHQ4XS-DrqM
Chicano! PBS Documentary - Fighting for Political Power
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK6gLOaZagw
Chicano! PBS Documentary - Taking Back The Schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL4rQHKza9Y
Useful Links
Onda Latino
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/onda_latina/index
Chicano/a Latino/a Movimientos
http://culturalpolitics.net/social_movements/chicano/
Timeline: Movimiento from 1960-1985
http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/mecha_timeline.htm
Chicanas Chingonas: Mujers Doing Some Amazing Things
http://chicanas.com/chingonas.htm |
