Anthropology
390-0-21: Topics In Anthropology : Contemp. Immigr. to the U.S.

Instructor: Ana Aparicio
Office address: 515 Clark St. Room #201 Ev Campus
Phone: 847/491-5132
E-mail: a-aparicio@northwestern.edu
Office Hours:

Expected Enrollment: 20

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will address the processes of immigration and immigrant “community-building” in the
U.S. We will begin with an overview of immigration policy and recent waves of migration. The
emphasis of the course, however, will be on the ways in which contemporary immigrants (and their
children) navigate numerous racialized economic, social, and political spheres in the U.S. We will
go through this course with the following questions in mind: how do recent immigrants attempt to
create a sense of community and belonging? What barriers exist? How do issues of identity play
into the ways immigrants participate in local (racial, cultural, electoral) politics? We will
examine specific cases and histories of immigration drawn from South and Southeast Asia, the
Caribbean and Latin America.

RESTRICTIONS: Freshman need permission of the instructor.
No P/N allowed.

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