Critical Race & Political Econ 240FD - Intermediate Topics: 'U.S. Latinx Foodways'
U.S. Latinx Foodways
Spring
2024
01
4.00
Maria Diaz
TTH 01:45PM-03:00PM
Mount Holyoke College
123535
Ciruti 206
mdiaz@mtholyoke.edu
This interdisciplinary seminar explores the relationship between food, race, and migration for Latinx populations in the U.S. We will draw upon readings from the social sciences and the humanities to investigate processes of racial formation embedded in the production, labor, and consumption of foods and how these processes affect Latinx populations. What can Latinx foodstuffs and foodways reveal about U.S. racial and migration dynamics, landscapes, and politics? What social worlds and power relations emerge at the nexus of food, race, and migration? The course is organized thematically and anchored in selected case studies.