In this course, we will examine social borders through literature that explores immigration, assimilation, and the experience of those who exist “between” cultures. A major focus will be on hybridizing of cultures and the way that literature represents this hybridization through formal elements including language and narrative structure. Our studies will be guided and framed by close reading of Gloria Anzaldúa’s foundational text, _Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza_.