Without fail, Latinx coming of age narratives involve some kind of fight between the protagonist and their mother. These fights usually stem from generational differences in ideas about religious faith, education, sexuality, labor, and community. Through the tension between mother and protagonist we always learn something about how we as a society perceive threats to an imagined Latinx future. Whether these threats are real or not, they speak to the very different ways we imagined ideal Latinx futurity. This cultural studies course closely examines these fights, tensions, and disagreements in order to better understand Latinx futurity. We will think through these pivotal moments historically, politically, figuratively, and literally in terms of the movement of Latinx people throughout the United States as well as the ongoing role of Latinx cultural production in society.
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| Marcela Di Blasi | 2 |
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