CHLS 522 - Latinx Life Writing–Autoethnography

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Comparative Ethnic Studies or consent of instructor
Students practice autoethnography as an act of writing about self to explore and understand one’s culture. Examines Latinx autobiography and memoir, theories on autoethnographies as decolonial methodology, and creative processes of narrating lived experiences. Students write and workshop autoethnographies to generate knowledge of self and community.

Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit. Not open for credit for students with credit in CHLS 512A.