ETHN 109 Borders and Crossings
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Ethnic Studies (ETHN) Courses
- ETHN 101 Latin American and Indigenous Peoples History and Culture
- ETHN 103 Asian Americans and US Institutions
- ETHN 104 Asian Pacific Islanders in United States History and Culture
- ETHN 105 African American History and Culture
- ETHN 106 Oceania & the Arts
- ETHN 107 Introduction to Native American Studies
- ETHN 108 Rethinking Race, Gender, and Nation
- ETHN 109 Borders and Crossings
- ETHN 122 Black Leadership Theory
- ETHN 123 Black Leadership Practicum
- ETHN 265 Evolution of Hip Hop Culture: A Socio-Economic And Political Perspective
- ETHN 288 African-American Cinema
- ETHN 300 Introduction to La Raza Studies
- ETHN 585 Ethnicity in Cinema
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Minimum Grade for Prerequisites
Unless otherwise indicated, a grade of C or higher is required for all prerequisite courses.
Course Description
Part of a two-course introduction to Ethnic Studies, this course examines how U.S. processes of racial formation and gendering are related to multiple transnational circulations – circulations of commodities, bodies, labor, capital, knowledge, and culture. We interrogate the material and ideological work of borders – particularly nation-state borders, but also the borders and boundaries of racial and ethnic categories, gendered and sexualized identities, languages, forms of labor, and disciplinary categories of knowledge. We also explore the many ways in which such borders are variously resisted, contested, transgressed, transcended, and transformed over time.
- Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
- Homework hours/semester: 96-108
