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

[Hilary Dick]

Dear Colleagues:

I wanted to write to thank everyone for the helpful suggestions for
readings, movies, and other materials for my spring course on
Mexico-US migration.

I greatly appreciate you all taking the time to think about this and
lend a hand.

Thank you -- and Happy Holidays!

Yours,
Hilary Dick

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Hilary Dick <hdick at temple.edu> wrote:
> 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.
>



-- 
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