Chicanos have made an indelible mark on American culture. This course offers an overview of Chicano history from Mesoamerican origins through the twentieth century. This course will have at least three foci. First, focusing on the contributions of Chicanos to the economic and cultural developments of what became the U.S. Second, since the forced incorporation of Mexicans, U.S. popular culture has depicted them in multiple forms. These forms have ranged from the bandido image in Western films to the exotic native land in the U.S. Part of this course will explore the history of Chicanos in the U.S. and the origins of these popular and often negative portrayals of Mexicans in popular culture. Third, this history course will examine how Mexicans responded to such images through the interrelationship between society, history, gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and religion as expressed through Chicano cultural forms to include music, theatre, film, and visual art.

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