SPAN 435 Contemporary Hispanic Societies Through Film

Students will analyze issues represented in films produced in Spanish-speaking countries in the last 50 years, along with critical readings about historical events and current issues in those societies. Students will study film representations of dictatorships, war and violence, women’s roles and chauvinism (“el machismo”), immigration and racism, and the changing family. Will examine how and why film genre and aesthetics facilitate the representation of those themes.
Credits: 4

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