Introduction to Mexican-American Popular Culture

Charles Tatum

Fall 2023

In Session

Tuesdays

10AM - 12PM

September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2023

Course Format:

Hybrid

Location:

Main Campus

Tuition:

$195

We are immersed in popular culture during most of our waking hours. It is on the radio, television, our computers, and smartphones that we access the Internet and streets and highways in the form of advertisements and billboards. It is in newspapers, movie theaters, and shopping malls. It is at music concerts and sports events. It is found throughout our homes. The popular culture surrounding us can tell us much about ourselves. This is especially true when we examine popular culture analytically when we pause to study it in a socio-historical context. This course will examine Mexican Americans' rich, popular cultural traditions and practices, the most significant component of the U.S. burgeoning Latinx population. Areas covered are music, cinema, newspapers, radio, television, popular literature, art, celebrations, and other popular traditions.

Registration Will Open Online:
Monday, August 7, 2023, at 8 AM (AZ Time)

Syllabus

Required Reading:

Charles Tatum. Chicano Popular Culture: Que hable el pueblo. (Second Edition). Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2017. Also available as an etext.

Meet Your Professor

Charles Tatum

Professor Emeritus

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

CHARLES TATUM is Emeritus Professor of Spanish at the University of Arizona. He served as dean of the College of Humanities from 1993 to 2008. He is the author of a monographic study Chicano Literature (1982), published in translation in Mexico in 1986. Among his other book-length publications are: Chicano Popular Culture, 2001, (2nd edition, 2017); Chicano and Chicana Literature: Otra voz del pueblo (2006); and Lowriders in Chicano Culture. He has edited or co-edited several anthologies of Mexican American literature. Tatum served as editor for a 3-volume Encyclopedia of Latino Culture (2013).

ATTEND ON-CAMPUS OR ONLINE
— HYBRID COURSE FORMAT —

All classes will be delivered on-campus and online via live video streaming. Students will enroll in their preferred format during registration.

On-Campus classes will be held in the Rubel Room at the University of Arizona's Poetry Center (1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721). Enrollment for in-person classes is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. All students enrolled to attend in person also have complete online access and may choose to attend one or all class sessions remotely if desired.

Online students may attend all classes via live video streaming and will be able to participate in all course Q&A sessions with the professor in real-time. A high-speed internet connection and a device capable of running Zoom are required to connect. Online access will be password protected and only available to enrolled students.

Class Recordings - All HSP classes are recorded and available for every enrolled student to watch for the duration of the course and one month after the last class session. This option is offered to aid students who cannot attend the live class times but desire to enroll and participate asynchronously. We hope this option also aids students who are traveling or have a necessary appointment that conflicts with a class session to stay connected and engaged with the course material.

Location

Poetry Center

Dorothy Rubel Room

1508 E Helen

Tucson, AZ 85721

United States

Located on the SE corner of Helen Street and Vine Avenue, one block north of Speedway and three blocks west of Campbell Ave.

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