Meets with F315.  The imagery and diverse conceptions about Latino
culture in popular contexts raise a number of questions. How does
this visibility reflect upon U.S. Latino communities in daily life?
What cultural stereotypes are invoked and what do they mean? What
does it mean when Latino culture is attributed with certain
qualities - i.e. "hotness" or "spiciness?" How can popular music
expression influence social change and our conceptions about certain
groups of people? Students will be introduced to ethnographic
research methods such as participant/observation as well as learn
critical analysis of popular culture images and contexts. They will
develop music listening skills in analyzing musical expression
through developing vocabularies and basic understanding of key
musical concepts.