WINTER 2000
This information effective for Winter 2000.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes..
Instructor: Susanne Jonas,
E-mail: sjonas@cats.ucsc.edu
Merrill 110, x9-3232, 9-2855-message
Office Hours: Wed. 1-4, Th. 11-12 or by appointment
This course provides an introduction to the study of Latin America and Latinos in the US, from an interdisciplinary social science perspective. Although we introduce Latin America historically, our main emphases will be contemporary. We will also focus on cross-border realities and issues facing Latino populations in the U.S. We will place a very strong emphasis on learning directly from Latin Americans and Latinos in order to give you a greater understanding of their intellectual, political, and cultural traditions; therefore, many of our readings are by Latin American and Latino writers and actor/participants. You will have the opportunity to hear lectures by some of UC Santa Cruz's leading Latin Americanists and Latino scholars. This course is designed to prepare you to pursue your interests in Latino and Latin American issues generally, and in LALS at UCSC.
Required readings are: 1) Course Reader (available in class); 2) Mark Rosenberg, et al. (eds.), Americas (at Bay Tree); and 3) maps (at Bay Tree).
In addition, a number of books on Latin America and Latinos will be on reserve for use in preparing written assignments.
1) a midterm examination (part in-class, part take-home);
2) a take-home final examination;
3) smaller assignments (maps, case study (pre-midterm) of a country you will "adopt," news summary, identity statement/Latino assignment);
4) regular class attendance and keeping up with course readings;
5) attendance at discussion sections (which are required, and at which you should be prepared to discuss the readings and to raise your other questions). There will also be opportunities to raise questions and discuss issues in class.
1) Class (as well as section) attendance is mandatory; attendance will be taken, and all absences should be excused.
2) If for some reason you should need to take an "Incomplete" in this class, you must negotiate it ahead of time with the Instructor &emdash; including the deadline for turning in the work and the forms.
- Course Introduction and Overview: Latinos and Latin Americans Across Borders (March 30)
Readings:Introduction (Chap. 1) in Rosenberg, et al., also Chap. 10.1-10.4
Bray, Shorris in Reader, Sec. IAssignments:
1) Maps (due in section, week of April 5)
2) Start browsing through Cockcroft, Skidmore & Smith, or Black (on reserve), choose a country to "adopt"
Readings:Stein & Stein, Barrera in Reader
Chap. 2 in Rosenberg
Readings:Chap. 3 (especially 3.4, 3.5, 3.7) and 4.1 in Rosenberg
Written Assignment (pre-Midterm):
Relate these concepts to your "adopted" country in an outline, due in section the week of April 12 (guidelines to be given).
Film: "The Burning Season"Readings:
Mendes, Berger, Martínez, New York Times 1990 and 1994 in Reader
Chap. 4 (4.6 only) in Rosenberg
Readings:Isbister, Dos Santos in Reader
Readings:Sec. II(A) in Reader (Torres-Rivas optional)
Chap. 5 in Rosenberg
Readings:
Sec. II(B) in Reader
Chap. 6 in Rosenberg
Readings:Acuña, Martínez, Muñoz in Reader, Sec. II(C)
Chap. 12 in Rosenberg
Readings:Cockcroft through Malone in Reader, Sec. II(C)
Readings:Bacon, Pastor in Reader, Sec. II(C)
Assignment:
Identity Statement or Latinos Assignment due May 13 (guidelines to be handed out)
Readings:Flores, "Women's Voices," and Anzaldúa in Reader, Sec. II(D)
Chap. 9 in Rosenberg (optional)
Readings:Domitila, Navarro in Reader, Sec. II(D) (Safa optional)
Chap. 7 in Rosenberg
Readings:Cockcroft through Mora in Reader Sec. III (Huntington & Jonas/Stein optional)
Chap. 11.3 in Rosenberg (11.1-11.2 optional)
Assignment:
News Summary (due May 25)
Readings:Fagen, Pérez-Stable in Reader, Sec. III
Chap. 11.4 in Rosenberg
Readings:Jonas through Fuentes in Reader, Sec. III
Finish Chap. 11 in Rosenberg, Chap. 10 optional
Readings:Galeano, Fuentes in Reader, Sec. IV
Susanne Jonas, Merrill 110, x9-3232, 9-2855-message
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1-4, Wednesday, 11-12, or by appointment\
Email: sjonas@cats.ucsc.edu
Course Description:
This course (Gen Ed code E) aims to give students the broadest
possible understanding of the situation in Central America today,
with a particular focus on Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. It
also highlights Honduras andCosta Rica as a contrast (in order to
prepare students planning to go to Costa Rica for EAP).Specifically
the course is designed to examine the region from the perspectives of
the principal Central American actors and to explain the historical
and socio-economic roots of the popular and revolutionary movements
in Central America; to provide a comprehensive understanding of U.S.
policies in the region; to evaluate the results of the peace
processes ending the civil wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador and
Guatemala.In the wake of the Fall, 1998, devastating Hurricane Mitch,
the course will also focus on strategies for sustainable
reconstructionand development in the region, and the role of new
social actors in such development. Finally, the course includes a
section onCentral American immigrants living in California and
elsewhere in the US their situations in the U.S. and their links to
their home countries and communities)
Course Materials and Resources:
The required readings for the course are: (1) a course Reader, and
(2) John Booth & Thomas Walker, Understanding Central America.
Additional optional reading: Susanne Jonas,The Battle for
Guatemala.
The Reader will be sold in class; the books are available for
purchase at Bay Tree Bookstore. In addition, there will be a list of
recommended/optional readings, which will be on reserve at McHenry
Library as available. Additional course materials and resources will
include films, videos, tapes, and guest speakers from varying points
of view. Course Requirements and Evaluations: Required work includes:
(1) a take-home midterm examination; (2) a take-home final exam; (3)
class presentations, as they come up, on topics of study; (4)
periodic reports on items in the news. Students will be evaluated on
the basis of written and oral work in the class. In addition to
fulfilling course requirements, students should keep up with course
readings, and come well prepared in order to contribute to lively
discussion and debate in the class. Finally, this class places
particular emphasis on following contemporary developments in Central
America in the major news media.
NOTE:
(a) Class attendance is mandatory; all absences must be excused.
(b) If for some reason you should need to take an "Incomplete" in
this class, you must negotiate it ahead of time with the Instructor,
including the deadline for turning in the work.
NOTE: For readings included in each section of the Reader, see Reader Table of Contents. You will be given details of which readings are to be completed by each session.Overview of the Region; Historical Background and Roots of theCrises in Central America (October 7, 12)
READINGS: W 10/7 B/W Chapters 1-3
M 10/12 Reader, Sec. I (Torres-Rivas optional)
Guatemala: Legacies of the 1954 U.S. Intervention,
the 36-years' Civil War, and
the Peace Accords (October 14, 19, 21)
READINGS: W 10/14 Reader, Sec. II, Jonas
B/W Chapters 4 & 7 (on Guatemala)
M 10/19 Reader, Sec. II thru Aguilera
W 10/21 finish Reader, Sec. II (Garc\*'ia & Painter optional)
El Salvador: Origins of the Civil War,
U.S. Involvement, the Peace Accords, and Post-War Situation
(October 26, 28, November 2, 4)
W 10/28 FILM: Romero
W 11/4 Guest Lecture: Linda Hemby
READINGS: M 10/26 Reader, Sec. III thru Platform
B/W Chapters 4 & 7 (on El Salvador)
W 10/28 Reader, Sec. III thru Garc\*'ia (Garc\*'ia optional)
M 11/2 finish Reader, Sec. III (Envio optional)
W 11/4
RECEIVE MIDTERM: November 2
MIDTERM DUE: November 9, at beginning of class
Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution, the U.S.-sponsored
Counterrevolution, the Post-Sandinista Era; Summary on Theories
of
Revolution (November 9, 11, 16)
M 11/16 Guest Lecture: Carlos Fernando Chamorro
READINGS: M 11/9 B/W Chapter 4 (on Nicaragua)
W 11/11 Reader, Sec. IV thru Radosh
B/W Chapter 6
M 11/16 Reader, Sec. IV - finish (Lobel, Abrams, Conroy optional)
B/W Chapter 5
Costa Rica (November 18)
READINGS: W 11/18 Reader, Sec. V
B/W Chapter 4 (on Costa Rica) & Chapter 8
United States Policy and Its Effects (November 23, 30)
W 11/25 Thanksgiving Eve \(em no class
READINGS: M 11/23 Reader, Sec. VI (Vaky optional)
M 11/30 B/W, Chapter 9
Alternatives to U.S. Policy: Contadora,
and Esquipulas II (December 2)
READINGS: W 12/2 Reader Section VII
Hurricane Mitch and its Aftermath,
and Central Americans in the U.S. (December 7, 9)
READINGS: M 12/7 Reader, Sec. VIII
W 12/9
RECEIVE FINAL: DECEMBER 9
FINAL DUE: DECEMBER 16
Instructor: Susanne Jonas
email: sjonas@cats
Merrill 110, x 9-3232, 9-2855-message,
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1-4, Wednesday, 11-12, or by appointment
This interdisciplinary course (Gen Ed code E) addresses Latin American immigration to the U.S. from a variety of perspectives. Areas to be covered include: Background and history of immigration to the UnitedStates, the U.S. as an immigrant nation. Major social-economic and political conditions in Latin America causing immigration to the U.S., and U.S. business needs for immigrant labor; Specific immigration processes and experiences (border and non-border, Latin American and Asian); Issues facing Latino immigrants and their communities in the U.S. (special focus on women), and their contributions to the U.S.; Immigrant labor organizing; Cross-border binational and transnational communities; Current debates about U.S. immigration/refugee policies and anti-immigrant attitudes, among these, debates about economic impact, new varieties of racism, and immigration as an issue of democracy in the U.S.
While drawing on materials from throughout the U.S., some sections of the course focus in detail on California, with its large communities of Mexicans and Central Americans. Course Readings and Materials: Required readings are a Course Reader (to be sold in class), and two texts (available at Bay Tree):
- Alejandro Portes and Ruben Rumbaut, Immigrant America
- Leo Chavez, Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Immigrants in American Society
- Optional reading: Susanne Jonas & Suzie Dod Thomas (Eds.), Immigration: A Civil Rights Issue for the Americas in the 21st Century
- Additional resources will include films, videos, and guest speakers from varying points of view.
Requirements and basis for evaluation of students: a midterm exam and a final exam (both take-home); active participation in class discussions, including occasional presentations; periodic written reports on immigration-related items in the news, and written statement (or story) on student's own identity in relation to course issues.
NOTE: Class attendance is mandatory; all absences must be excused. If for some reason you should need to take an "Incomplete" in this class, you must negotiate it with the Instructor, including the deadline for turning in the work.
I. Background and History: U.S. as an Immigrant Nation
History of Immigration Trends and Policies (October 7, 12)
Readings: Reader: Section I (all articles)
II. Sources and Causes of Immigration from Latin America
U.S./Latin American Relations, Socio-Economic
Transformations of Latin America, and Economic Crises of the 1980s
(October 14)
Readings: Portes/Rumbaut, Ch. 1 Chavez, Ch. 1-2
Reader: Section II: NYT, LAWR, Pastor
The Immigration/Foreign Policy Connection: Wars/Political
Crises in Central America, and the Caribbean (October 19)
Readings: Reader: Hamilton & Chinchilla
III. The Immigration Process: History and Experiences
The Revolving Door: History of Mexican Immigration (October 21)
Readings: Reader: Section III: Cockcroft Portes/Rumbaut, Ch. 2
Border Crossings, Border Violence: Mexicans and Central
Americans (October 26)
VIDEO: El Norte
Readings: Chavez, Ch. 3
Reader: Cordova, Border Fatalities
Varieties of Immigration Experiences and Non-Border
Arrival (Puerto Ricans, Haitians, Cubans, Asians) (October 28)
Readings: Reader: Finish Section III (also review Rosenberg from
Section I)
IV. Immigrant Communities and Immigrant Labor in the U.S
Legal Issues, Immigration and Asylum Legislation (November 2)
Guest Lecture: Karen Mussalo
Readings: Portes/Rumbaut, Ch. 8
Reader: Section IV (a)
Immigrant Labor in the Context of Economic Restructuring
(including NAFTA) and Theoretical Aspects (November 4)
VIDEO: The Downsizing of America
Readings: Portes/Rumbaut, Ch. 3
Reader: Section IV (b)
** GET MIDTERM: November 4
** MIDTERM DUE: November 11, due at beginning of class
Work/Community Situations: Urban, Rural and Semi-Rural (November
9)
Readings: Chavez, Ch. 4-9
Reader: Section IV (c)
Immigrant Women (November 11)
Readings: Reader: Section IV (e)
Immigrant Labor Organizing (November 16)
Guest Lecture: Peter Olney
Reading: Reader: Section IV (d)
Identity and Binationality (November 18, 23)
Video: Mayan Voices, American Lives
In-class Discussion Groups
Readings: Portes/Rumbaut, Ch. 4-6
Chavez, Ch. 10
Reader: Section IV (f)
Thanksgiving Eve (November 25) \(en NO CLASS
V. Immigration Policy: Issues and Debates
Prop. 187 and Beyond (November 30)
Readings: Reader: Section V (a)
Latinos, African Americans, and Anti-Immigrant Environmentalism
(November 30)
Readings: Reader: Section V (b)
Debates over Economic Impact of Immigration (December 2)
Guest Lecture: John Isbister
Readings: Reader: Section V (c)
Immigration as an Issue of Democracy in the U.S.,
Redefining Citizenship, and Dual Nationality/Citizenship
(December
7)Readings: Reader: Section V (d)
The Future of Immigrant Struggles (December 9)
Readings: Reader: finish Section V
GET FINAL: December 9
FINAL DUE: December 16
Professor: Susanne Jonas
sjonas@cats.ucsc.edu
Horas de Oficina (Merrill 110): mier. 1-4, jueves 11-12
Tel: Ext. 9-3232; 9-2855 para mensajes
Este seminario en español (que puede ser usado por estudiantes de LALS para su "requisito de salida/graduación") se enfocará sobre la historia y las herencias de los movimientos populares y revolucionarios durante las décadas de los '60, '70, y '80, sus transformaciones durante las décadas de los '80 y '90, y las perspectivas para los movimientos de izquierda en América Latina en vísperas del siglo XXI. Dado que este seminario se realiza en español, se basa principalmente en los escritos de análisis de autores latinoamericanos y los testimonios de participantes, activistas y líderes de los movimientos de izquierda. Aúnque la organizacíon del seminario será algo histórica/cronológica (comenzando con los años '50 y '60), el enfoque principal enfatizará las evaluaciones y reevaluaciones más contemporaneas &emdash; acerca de los movimientos del pasado y presente; también vamos a discutir las nuevas perspectivas para el futuro. Finalmente, en esta época de la integración hemisférica, en que vivimos en "las Américas," habrá una sección sobre estrategias pro-justicia social de parte de los movimientos e alianzas trans-fronterizas &emdash; entre latinos en los EE.UU. y latinoamericanos. (GE Code E).
Bases para evaluación de estudiantes: Dado que éste es un seminario, la asistencia a todas las sesiones es mandatoria; cualquier ausencia necesita justificación previa. La participación y las presentaciones de parte de los estudiantes serán muy importantes. Además de las reuniones del seminario cada miércoles, los estudiantes deben reunirse en "grupos de estudio" para discutir las lecturas y formular temas de discusión.
El trabajo por escrito incluyerá un "take-home midterm" (estilo ensayo) y un estudio/ensayo de investigación sobre un tema escogido por cada estudiante y aprobado por la instructora (y presentado al grupo). Todo el trabajo escrito, tanto como las sesiones del seminario, se realizarán en español.
Habrá un texto básico &emdash; La Utopia Desarmada, de Jorge Castañeda, y un Reader. (Los dos se venderán en la clase.) Tambien, habrán libros, artículos, etc. en la sección de Reserves de la biblioteca. Además de los recursos escritos, habrán charlas de parte de participantes lationoamericanos, películas y videos, etc.
- introducción al seminario
- la izquierda tradicional (principalmente comunista)
- la revolución cubana y su impacto en América Latina
- el surgimiento de movimientos guerrilleros 'foquistas' durante los '60 y '70
Lecturas:
JC, Cap. II-III (Cap. I es opcional)
Reader, Sec. A
- la experiencia chilena (1970-73) y los debates sobre la causes de su derrota
- movimientos guerrilleros urbanos en Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina (durante los años '70)
- "el camino centroamericano" durante los '70-'80: la revolución Sandinista en Nicaragua, las insurgencias en El Salvador y Guatemala durante los '70 y '80.
Lecturas:
JC, Cap. IV
Reader, Sec. B
- experiencias del Cono Sur y los Andes: re-formación de partidos de izquierda (PT de Brazil, Frente Amplio de Uruguay, etc.), que han combinado estrategias electorales con estrategias de movilización de masas
- cuestiones de reformismo, democracia, elecciones y socio-democracia (p.e., en Chile y el Cono Sur); las revaloraciones de la "democracia" como parte de la agenda de las izquierdas
- movimientos guerrilleros en Perú y Colombia
Lecturas:
JC, Cap. V
Reader, Sec. C
- nuevos corrientes y nuevos movimientos sociales de las bases ("grassroots") y su impacto en la ideologia y práctica de las izquierdas latinoamericana (feminismo, movimientos indígenas y ambientales, la Teología de la Liberación)
JC, Cap. VI-VII
Reader, Sec. D
- impacto del la "caida del socialismo europeo" y el fin de la Guerra Fria para las izquierdas latinoamericanas
- negociaciones de paz en Centroamérica
- la revolución cubana, revisitada
JC, Cap. VIII, XI, XII (IX y X son opcionales)
Reader, Sec. E
- Chiapas y México: insurrección de los Zapatistas en Chiapas, la Convención Nacional Democrática; la experiencia del PRD y el nuevo Cardenismo
Reader, Sec. F
- nuevas realidades en las Américas y nuevos movimientos trans-fronterizas: el Foro de Sao Paulo; las alianzas entre obreros mexicanos y estadounidenses contra un NAFTA neoliberal y por los derechos de los migrantes latinoamericanos en EE.UU.
- la resurrección del Ché Guevara
- perspectivas para las izquierdas en las Américas durante el siglo XXI
JC, Cap. XIII-XIV
Reader, Sec. G