A survey of the cultural diversity of the American Southwest, with special emphasis on the persistence of Hispanic and Indian cultural identities in a region now dominated by Anglo-Americans. Key issues to be addressed in the course include: the social structure of Indian societies prior to European contact; interethnic relations in the early colonial period; struggles for land, water rights, and political control; and the shifting contours of identity politics in the contemporary political arena. Readings for 1996-97 include Ram#n Guti#rrez, When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away; David Montejano, Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986; Keith Basso, Portraits of "The Whiteman"; and Richard O. Clemmer, Roads in the Sky: The Hopi Indians in a Century of Change. Requirements: two 6-page papers and a take-home final exam. No prerequisites. Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 30.
M. F. BROWN