Dear Advisor,

There's still room in this class if you have any students who need an upper-level course. Thank you for your time!

ENG 4613: Topics in Mexican American Literature: Gender and Sexuality in Chican@/Latin@ Literature

Cross-listed with MAS 4953, AMS 3443, and WS 4953 

TR 2:30-3:45pm, MB 1.124

Prerequisite: Completion of the Core Curriculum requirement in Language, Philosophy, and Culture.

Course Description: 

We will read texts in a variety of genres, such as testimonio, drama, novels, poetry, and critical theory as we trace constructions of gender and sexuality in Chican@ and Latin@ literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Our main emphasis will be on understanding how diverse genders and sexualities, particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ…) experiences and cultures, challenge normative ideas in relation to race, nation, class, migration, and desire. Readings will include works by Virginia Grise, Ana-Maurine Lara, Junot Diaz, and others.

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T. Jackie Cuevas, Ph.D.
Dept. of English
Jackie.Cuevas@utsa.edu