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LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (L45)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2018
L45 LatAm 3800Topics in Hispanic Cultures3.0 Units
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32M-W----1:00P-2:30PCupples I / 207 AcreeDec 19 2018 1:00PM - 3:00PM12120
Desc:MAKING LATIN AMERICAN POPULAR. DESPACITO...FUTBOL...TELENOVELAS. All are forms of Latin American popular culture that are increasingly part of our everyday reality here in the U.S. All are also inseparable from stories of inequality, ethnic tensions and celebrations, understandings of gender relations, and notions of hope that blend ideas of nation with cultural consumption. While popular culture in Latin America is often considered a contemporary phenomenon, linked to the twentieth century and the mass production of cultural goods, it has deeper roots. We can trace these back to the nineteenth century, where people, cultural processes, and phenomena literally began making Latin America popular. This course will survey the emergence and variety of modern popular culture in Latin America, from the 1800s to the present. Readings may include best sellers, gaucho poetry, stories of urban life and folk heroes, and texts from the late twentieth-century engaging themes from dictatorship to the Latinx experience. We will also learn about the intersections between race, nation, and music, explore the emotional and political power of fútbol, and delve into the appeal of telenovelas across socioeconomic divides. Historical and anthropological essays will also guide us throughout the semester.
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33M-W----8:30A-10:00ACupples II / 203 Sánchez PradoDec 13 2018 8:00AM - 10:00AM1280
Desc:LATIN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA: TRANSNATIONALISM, NEOLIBRALISM, RESISTANCE. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Latin American cinema has experienced a boom, directors like the Mexican "three amigos" (Del Toro, Cuarón and Iñárritu), films like Brazilian City of God and Argentine The Secret in her Eyes, and phenomena like the Cuban zombie film "Juan of the Dead" have relocated Latin America in the map of world cinema. However, what is lost in this discussion is how Latin Americans perceive their own cinema and how the transnational Latin American cinema rests on film practices that usually are not seen. This class will present Latin American cinema as understood by contemporary Latin American spectators. The class will focus on three axes: neoliberal commercial cinema, including genres like romantic comedies, representative of what Latin Americans actually watch in cinema; transnational cinema, focused on those films that are seen internationally, and cinema of resistance, both in terms of aesthetics and of politics, regarding those Latin American filmmakers working to create a cinema beyond commercialism.
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