SPAN 4362 Latin American Cinema

4 semester hours

Introduction to elements of film language and aesthetics, field of Latin American Film Studies, and film as Latin American cultural artifact. Course examines how films have responded to issues inherent in or challenged by institutional, political, economic, and socio-cultural pressures in Latin America during the Colonial Period, 19th, and 20th centuries. Critical focus is on discourses of gender, class, politics, and race in representative visual works by and about Latin Americans and U.S. Latinos. Selected screenings, readings, and lecture/discussions.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3510 or consent of instructor.