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Cuauhtemoc T. Mexica
C LIT 315
Seattle Campus
Examines the cinema of a particular national, ethnic or cultural group, with films typically shown in the original language with subtitles. Topics reflect themes and trends in the national cinema being studied.
Class description
This course has two objectives. The first objective is to acquaint you with recurring themes (immigration, gender, music, cholo aesthetics, etc.) in Chicano cinema. The second shall deepen your knowledge of film history and improve your skills in analyzing film.
Our course materials will focus on the concept of the frontier or border, and specifically of the U.S.-Mexican border, as a determining factor in American culture, through a close reading and written analysis of borderland narratives, film, and cross-cultural encounters.
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