Description: (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 138B.) Seminar, four hours. Examination of barrio suburbanism, in which Chicanas/Chicanos and Latinas/Latinos impact working- and middle-class suburbs to reshape geography of metropolitan centers. Building upon urban studies of roles of public policy and planning in formation of el barrio, how suburban forms operate in multiracial and regional context. Points of intersection and conflict that illuminate how Chicana/Chicano and Latina/Latino populations have impacted economic, social, and political contours of suburbs in Los Angeles metropolitan region. Major themes include urban policy, planning history, mapping, immigration, relational racial formation, and pursuit of regional democracy. P/NP or letter grading.

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