Latinx in the Age of Empire

Analyzes the histories and presence of the Latinx population in the context of US territorial expansion, foreign intervention and economic policy toward Latin America. Combines both historical and anthropological approaches to analyze local conditions that lead people to migrate within the broader forces of international political economy. Pays attention to the historical context in the home countries, especially as impacted by US policy. Explores Latinx community dynamics, politics of migrant labor, relational formations of race and transnational forms of belonging. Historically and ethnographically seeks to understand structures of criminalization, activist practices of resistance and the development of deportation regimes.

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Offered Spring 2024

Catalog Subject Faculty Level HASS Category
21H.173

Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez

TR 11-12:30; 66-154
Tanalís Padilla Introductory HASS-H
21H.273

From Coca to Cocaine: Drug Economies in Latin America

TR 2:30-4; 66-154
Tanalís Padilla Intermediate HASS-H

Not Offered This Term