[URBANTH-L]References Request--MX-US Migration

[cristianolanzano at libero.it]

I suggest the documentary "De nadie" by Tin Dirdamal.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451698/
http://www.lasamericasfilms.org/films/Denadie.htm
http://www.mediarights.org/film/no_one_de_nadie.php

C. Lanzano

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Date      : Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:23:40 -0500
Subject : [URBANTH-L]References Request--MX-US Migration







> Dear Colleagues:
> 
> I am writing to ask for suggestions on non-social science readings on
> Mexico-US migration. These suggestions are for an interdisciplinary
> course in the humanities I will teach this spring.
> 
> My syllabus already covers the key anthropological and sociological
> literature on Mexico-US migration, but I need to include more
> "humanistic" readings. Unfortunately, I am not as familiar as I would
> like with the literature on Mexico-US migration in the humanities, so
> any recommendations on readings from literature, cultural studies, and
> so on-including novels and poetry-are most welcome. Also, if you have
> any favorite movies to recommend, I am interested in that as well. For
> your information, I have included a brief course description after my
> signature.
> 
> Thank you for your time and help-and Happy Holidays.
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> 
> Hilary Parsons Dick, PhD
> Humanities Fellow, 2008-2009
> Center for the Humanities
> Temple University
> 
> http://www.temple.edu/humanities/
> hdick at temple.edu
> Phone - 215-204-6386
> Fax - 215-204-8371
> 
> COURSE TITLE--Words of Passage: Interpreting Mexico-US Migration
> 
> Using the tools of narrative and discourse analysis, this course will
> examine the motifs, themes, and ideological frameworks that recur in
> discussions and representations of Mexico-US migration. In so doing,
> the course will examine images and ideas about migration found not
> only in scholarship, but also in non-fiction essays, novels, poetry,
> visual art, the news, and movies. These materials are selected in
> order to make the experiences of migrants palpable. As part of this,
> the course will consider some of the major economic and political
> factors that shape migration patterns, placing contemporary Mexico-US
> migration in its historical context. It will also investigate the
> socio-cultural beliefs and practices inform migration processes.
> Finally, it will use art and literature that captures the affective,
> psychological, and spiritual aspects of migration to convey the
> traumas and exhilarations that accompany it.
> 
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