ILAS 350 - Latin American Cinema

Credit Hours: 4
This course will analyze various contemporary Latin American films with an emphasis on how each one reflects or rejects its particular social, political, and cultural context. Special attention will be paid to how each work engages the balance between what may be perceived as the traditional characteristics of a particular local identity and the changes of that identity due to economic, political and cultural fluctuations. The representation of gender, race, class and identity in each film will be emphasized.