Romero, US Latina Literature, History & Iconography in Mexico

U.S. Latina Literature, History, and Iconography Latina/Latino Studies 442; Women Studies 445 ; Span 442


	Office Hours by appointment Foreign Languages Building 4004 Telephone: 333-9487 cell: 778-3353 rromero @ uiuc.edu	Study Abroad in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Prof. Rolando J. Romero Course Calendar Bibliography Practical Contacts Application Information Webpage design and contents copyright © 2003 Rolando Romero--All Rights Reserved
The course studies the iconographic figures that US Latina feminism employs in the construction of historical narratives based on women’s contribution to culture. Students will study La Malinche, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Aztec deity representing the Moon, Coyolxauhqui, and gain an understanding of issues in Chicana/o feminism. Additionally, the course provides a solid background on US Latina/Latino 20th Century history and literature, and it also aims to develop the students’ skills in writing. Participants in this program will stay in Cuernavaca, a one-hour drive from Mexico City. Detailed visits to the historical sites in Mexico City focus on pre-Columbian, colonial, and 19^th and 20^th century feminist figures.

Grade:

2 Midterms (15 percent each)	30%
Final	25%
Attendance and Participation	15%
Journal Assignments	30 %

Course Calendar:

Unit	Date	Texts	Time & Place (field trip departure times TBA)
Third World Feminism and Machismo	Wednesday, May 15	Ana Castillo, Massacre of the Dreamers: “Introduction” “Countryless Woman” “Ancient Roots of Machismo” “La Macha”	11:00-1:00, 4136 Foreign Languages Building, U of I
	Thursday, May 16	Tey Diana Rebolledo “From Coatlicue to La Llorona” (Reader) Margaret Villanueva, "Ambivalent Sisterhood"” (Reader)	10:00-1:00, 4080 Foreign Languages Building, U of I
	Friday, May 17	10:00-1
	Saturday, May 18	5:45 am Departure in front of Daniels Hall
	Sunday, May 19	Cuernavaca Murals Trip
	Monday, May 20	Malcom Lowry. Under the Volcano.	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
Coyolxauhqui and Huitzilopotchtli	Tuesday, May 21	Cherríe Moraga, "La fuerza femenina," Last Generation 63-86. Luis Leal “Coatlicue” (Reader) Mora, Pat. “Coatlicue’s Rules” in Goddess Moon Selections from Goddess of the Americas.	Teotihuacan
	Wednesday, May 22	Francisco Alarcón “Tlazolteotl” in Goddess Rebolledo and Rivero Chapter 5, “Myths and Archetypes” (Reader) Sandra Cisneros “Guadalupe the Sex Goddess” in Goddess Francisco Alarcón “Tonantzin” in Goddess Gloria Anzaldúa “Coatlalopeuh, She Who has Dominion Over Serpents” in Goddess	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Thursday, May 23	Moraga, Cherríe. “Heroes and Saints” play Richard Rodríguez, "The Head of Joaquín Murrieta" Corrido de Joaquín Murieta (Reader)	Mexico City Historical District: Cathedral, Templo Mayor, Palacio Nacional, Museo Nacional de Antropología
Virgin of Guadalupe	Friday, May 24	Goddess Reading Guide notes Goddess of the Americas. Acknowledgements,Goddess of the Americas. Introduction, pages 1-67 Alma López, Our Lady Alma López's "Our Lady"	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Saturday, May 25	Pyramids of Tepotzlán
	Monday, May 27	Goddess 72-127 Film: Urristi Long Journey to Guadalupe	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Tuesday, May 28	Goddess 128-196, 211-221	Villa of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Castillo de Chapultepec, and Museum of Modern Art
La Malinche	Wednesday, May 29	Malinche Unit Chart Banda, Indigenous Always. (documentary) Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Selection (Course Reader) Octavio Paz, "The Children of La Malinche" (Goddess of the Americas. 197-208). Rosario Castellanos, "Malinche" (Course Reader) Adelaida del Castillo, "Malintzin Tenepal: A Preliminary Look Into a New Perspective." (Course Reader) Link to Malinche Poetry Review Sheets	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Thursday, May 30	Carmen Tafolla, "La Malinche" (Course Reader) Alicia Gaspar de Alba, "Malinchista, A Myth Revised." (Course Reader) Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, "Cómo duele" (Course Reader) Tey Diana Rebolledo, "The Writer as Translator of Foreign Mail/Male" (Course Reader). Alarcón, "Traduttora, Traditora." (Course Reader)	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Friday, May 31	Moraga, "A Long Line of Vendidas." (Course Reader) Moraga, The Last Generation. 1-62 Moraga, The Last Generation. 87-192.	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
Frida Kahlo	Saturday, June 1	Trip to Las Estacas
Frida Kahlo	Monday, June 3	Cultural, Artistic and Historical Introduction Cruz and Blecher Frida Comparative Review Sheet on Kahlo	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
Sor Juana	Tuesday, June 4	Trembley, Sor Juana Play. Link to Poem "Hombres Necios"("You Men")	Coyoacán: Frida Kahlo Museum, Dolores Olmedo Museum, Convento San Jerónimo
	Wednesday, June 5	Gaspar de Alba, Sor Juana’s Second Dream (I). 1-148	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Thursday, June 6	149-312	Zapata’s Route
	Friday, June 7	Gaspar de Alba, Sor Juana’s Second Dream (II). 313-462	11:00-1:00 Experiencia
	Saturday, June 8		Return

Course Texts:

Ana Castillo, editor. Goddess of the Americas = La diosa de las Américas: Writings on the Virgin of Guadalupe. New York : Riverhead Books, 1997.

Ana Castillo. Massacre of the Dreamers. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1994.

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. Sor Juana's Second Dream: A Novel. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999.

González, Ray. Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront their Manhood. New York: Doubleday, 1996.

Lowry, Malcolm. Under the volcano. New York: Perennial Classics; 2000.

Moraga, Cherríe. Heroes and Saints & Other Plays. Albuquerque: West End Press, 1994.

Moraga, Cherríe. The Last Generation. Boston: South End Press, 1993.

Trambley, Estela Portillo. Sor Juana and Other Plays. Ypsilanti: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 1983.

COURSE READER

Alarcón, Norma. “Traddutora, Traditora: A Paradigmatic Figure of Chicana Feminism.” Dangerous Liaisons: Gender, Nation, & Postcolonial Perspectives. Eds. Anne McClintock et al. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota Press, 1997. 278-297.

Castellanos, Rosario. “Malinche.” Rosario Castellanos Reader. Austin: U of Texas Press, 1994. 97-97.

Castillo, Adelaida del. “Malintzin, Tenepatl: A Preliminary Look Into a New Perspective.” Chicana Feminist Thought, The Basic Historical Writings. Alma M. García Editor. New York: Routledge, 1997. 122-126.

Cruz and Blecher. Frida. Puro Teatro, A Latina Anthology. Nancy Saporta Sternbach & Alberto Sandoval Sánchez. Tucson: U of Arizona Press, 2000. 334-390.

Diaz del Castillo, Bernal. Selections from The True History of the Conquest of Mexico. London: Piccadilly, 1800. 48-53.

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. “Malinchista, A Myth Revised.” Rebolledo, Tey Diana & Eliana S. Rivero Eds. Infinite Divisions, An Anthology of Chicana Literature. Tuscon: U of Arizona Press, 1993. 212-213.

Leal, Luis. “Aztlán” and “Coyolxauhqui.” Leyendas de las Américas/Legends of the Americas. Center for Chicano Studies, UCSB. forthcoming. 14-19, 66-76.

Moraga, Cherríe. “A Long Line of Vendidas.” Loving in the War Years. Boston: South End Press, 1983. 89-144.

Rebolledo, Tey Diana & Eliana S. Rivero, eds. “Myths and Archetypes.” Infinite Divisions, An Anthology of Chicana Literature. Tuscon: U of Arizona Press, 1993. 189-195.

Rebolledo, Tey Diana. “From Coatlicue to La Llorona: Literary Myths and Archetypes.”; “The Writer as Translator of Foreign Mail/Male” Women Singing in the Snow. Tuscon: U of Arizona Press, 1995. 49-81; 125-130

Rodríguez, Richard. “The Head of Joaquín Murrieta.” Days of Obligation. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. 133-148.

Sosa-Riddell, Adaljiza. “Cómo duele.” Rebolledo, Tey Diana & Eliana S. Rivero Eds. Infinite Divisions, An Anthology of Chicana Literature. Tuscon: U of Arizona Press, 1993. 213-215.

Tafolla, Carmen. “La Malinche.” Rebolledo, Tey Diana & Eliana S. Rivero Eds. Infinite Divisions, An Anthology of Chicana Literature. Tuscon: U of Arizona Press, 1993. 198-199.

Villanueva, Margaret. “Ambivalent Sisterhood: Latina Feminism and Women’s Studies.” Discourse 21.3 (Fall 199): 49-76.

Last updated July 24, 2004.