Description: Seminar, three hours. Exploration of significance of Los Angeles as birthplace of Chicana/Chicano identity and historical development of Mexican American culture and community in Southern California. Historiography of Latino Los Angeles from Spanish conquest to present, with emphasis on labor, immigration, art culture, and politics. Survey of current literature on socioeconomic condition of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles and burgeoning culture and politics of Latino Los Angeles at outset of 21st century. S/U or letter grading.

Units: 4.0