Course Intro and Expectations; Introduction to Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies

To Read:

• Aparicio, Francis. 2007. “(Re)constructing Latinidad: The Challenge of Latina/o Studies,” in A Companion to Latina/o Studies. Malden, MA: Blackwell. (Pp. 39-47)
  
• Rodríguez N. (2008) Theoretical and Methodological Issues of Latina/o Research. In: Rodríguez H., Sáenz R., Menjívar C. (eds) Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América. Springer, Boston, MA.

To Listen:

• Code Switch. What Does It Mean To Be Latino? The ‘Light-Skinned Privilege’ Edition