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Student Series
The Chicana/o Underground
MCC LOUNGE
Highlighting the current research of doctoral students in the department of Chicana and Chicano studies, this panel will explore the role of music, race, and gender in the Chicana/o Underground. José Anguiano will present his findings from interviews with Chicano fans of the band The Smiths and their leader Morrissey. Carisa Cortez will talk about Chicana feminism, tattooing, and Chicana identity. Nicholas Centino will refer to race and Chicano/Latino Rockabilly.
Cup of Culture - Meet the Filmmaker
Our Summer in Tehran
CAMPBELL HALL
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Our Summer in Tehran transports us into the seldom seen realm of middle class family life in Iran transcending overt politics in favor of subtle, human, and often humorous moments. Discussion with the filmmaker following the screening. Presented with Arts & Lectures. Justine Shapiro, 59 min., English and Persian with English subtitles, 2007, USA. Tickets $5 students, $6 general. Call the A&L ticket office at 805-893-3535.
An Evening of Rockabilly with PACHUCO JOSÉ Y LOS DIAMANTES
MCC THEATER
Feet stomping, hands clapping, and hips shaking, Pachuco José Y Los Diamantes will bring the Beat to your feet and the Jolt in your step with their Blend of 'Pachuco Boogie.' Do not miss this exciting Night of PACHUCO style and 'Relajo.' Tickets $5 UCSB students/$15 general. Contact the A.S Ticket Office at 805-893-2064. Limited seating.
DIVERSITY LECTURE
Writing in the Time of Mexiphobia, or Packing Your Papers: Readings from Unpublished Essays in Writing in My Pajamas. Sandra Cisneros
CAMPBELL HALL
Sandra Cisneros is the founder of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation, the Elvira Cisneros Award and the Macondo Foundation, all of which work on behalf of creative writers. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a MacArthur. Her writings include The House on Mango Street and Caramelo; short stories as Woman Hollering Creek; and the poetry collections My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman. She makes her home in San Antonio, Texas, where she is writer in residence at Our Lady of the Lake University. Co-sponsored by the Center for New Racial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; the Chicano Studies Institute; the College of Creative Studies; the Comparative Literature Program; the departments of Chicana and Chicano Studies; English; Feminist Studies; Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies; Linguistics; and Spanish and Portuguese; Latin American and Iberian Studies; the Luis Leal Endowed Chair in Chicano Studies; the MultiCultural Center; the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Academic Policy; the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor; the Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance; and the Writing Program.
