This course is designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Latinx Studies. Drawing on a variety of historical, literary, philosophical, ethnographic, and visual texts, this course will help students to better understand the politics of anti-immigrant rhetoric, the construction of Latinxs as “threats” to the United States’ way of life, the United States’ role in Latin America’s economic and political instability, the vulnerability experienced by Latinx laborers within a capitalist global market, Latina feminist and queer challenges to racism, sexism and homophobia, the importance of Latinx expressive culture, and the politics of whitewashing Latinxs in the political imaginary. Fulfills Social Science group credit and American Cultures credit.This course is designed to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Latinx Studies. Drawing on a variety of historical, literary, philosophical, ethnographic, and visual texts, this course will help students to better understand the politics of anti-immigrant rhetoric, the construction of Latinxs as “threats” to the United States’ way of life, the United States’ role in Latin America’s economic and political instability, the vulnerability experienced by Latinx laborers within a capitalist global market, Latina feminist and queer challenges to racism, sexism and homophobia, the importance of Latinx expressive culture, and the politics of whitewashing Latinxs in the political imaginary. Fulfills Social Science group credit and American Cultures credit.