The Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

Latinos in Film and Media - 595:312; Christopher Rivera

Session I May 26 - July 2

MW 1:00-4:45 p.m., Lucy Stone Hall, Room A137

This course will examine the presence of Latinos in US film and media as a site for cultural and political visibility and representation. We will examine films, television shows and independent work produced or transmitted by mainstream film industries, as well as media and film productions directed, performed and written by people of color. We will also analyze and compare Latino produced film and media with other mainstream productions in order to critically engage in the definition of a tradition of Latino mediatic representations in the United States. The main objective of this course is to compare how these diverse array of representations estabilsh, produce, transform, limit, or question the political and cultural visibility of Latinos in the United States. Class includes screening of the following films: West Side Story (1961), El Súper (1979), Zoot Suit (1981), Scarface (1983), La Bamba (1987), Selena (1997), Quinceañera (2006) and Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) among others. We will also discuss television shows like Qué pasa USA (1977-1980) Ugly Betty (2006-), and Viva Hollywood (2008) as well as broadway shows like Capeman (1998) and In the Heights (2008).

Course will include selections of readings from the following texts:

Chon Noriega and Ana López. Eds., The Ethnic Eye (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996). (EE)

Rosa Linda Fregoso, The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993). (TBS)

Charles Ramírez Berg, Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance (Austin: University of Texas, 2002).

Juana Rodriguez, Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces. (NYU Press, 2003)

Richard Rodriguez, The Hunger of Memory. (1982)

----., Brown: The Last Discovery of America. (2002)

Grading:
Attendance and Participation: 20%
3 short reaction papers (2 pages each): 30%
Take-home midterm (4-5 pages): 20%
Oral Presentation: 10%
In class partial exam: 20%

Courses in other departments approved for the major and minor NOT subject to restrictions (not offered every semester, check schedules)

French 413: Caribbean Literature. "Histoire(s) et Identites" (conducted in French with prerequisites)

English 195: Contemporary Caribbean Women Writers (English-Speaking Caribbean)

Labor School: Immigrant Workers Rights

Spanish 322: Literature & Culture of the Hispanic Caribbean

Courses in other Departments that are approved towards the Major subject to other limitations and pre-requisites (not offered every semester, check schedules) Courses marked with a *** are highly recommended for our majors.

Please notify your advisor or chair that you are enrolling in any of these.

Besides those listed below, other courses may be approved as part of an individually designed research and indepdentent study agenda.

These courses are subject to LHCS rules for current Major: only two "outside" courses may be applied towards major; also subject to home department's rules and limitations including pre-requisites--contact appropriate chair or professor for access and permission; negotitate any prerequisites.

Africana Studies

01-014-201: African Belief Systems in the Latino Community

01-014-203/204: The Black Experience in America***

01-014-370: Afro-Atlantic Diaspora***

01-014-404: Contemporary Race Relations***

Sociology of Black Econmic Development

BLACKS & ECON STRUCTRS

Afro-Brazilian History

American Studies

01-050-331: Ethnic America

01-050-250: Culture of Portuguese Speaking Communities in US

01-059-240: Latino/Latina Am. Culture

Comparative Literature

01-195-336: Literatures of Migration, Immigration and Diaspora

Criminal Justice

01-202-425: Race, Crime and Justice

Education

05-300-401: Individual and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

English: Topics

01-351-366: Literatures of Migration, Immigration and Diaspora

Geography

01-450-336: Latin America

History: American

01-512-104: Development of the US II***

01-512-355: Americas Rise to Global Power

01-512-379: African-American History, 1877 to Present

01-512-364: Blacks in Urban America***

01-512-366: Race and Sex in America

01-512-368: Civil Rights 1900-1980***

01-512-378: Afro-American History I***

History: Afr, Asia, Latin Am.

508:264: Latin America and the US

01-508-360: History of Brazil

01-508-362: History of Mexico***

01-508-369: Gender Latin America

Journalism and Media

04-567-334: Women and Minorities in Media

Labor Studies

37-575-304: Black Workers in American Society

37-575-307: Latino Workers in the US***

37-575-320: Immigrant Workers and Their Rights***

37-575-364: Diversity in the Workplace

407: WORKERS MVMNTS IN NJ***

37-575-481: Topics: Trade, Agriculture, Immigration

Latin American Studies

01-590-402: Mixing Race and Culture

01 590-460: Race and Class in Latin America

Political Science

01-790-333: Political Development of American Race Relations

Portuguese

01-810-330: Literature and Culture of Brazil

Public Health

01-832-252: Health and Social Justice

Sociology

01-920-108: Minority Groups in American Society***

01-920-306: Race Relations***

01-920-332: Social Inequalities

01-920-428: Sociology of Cities and Suburbs

Spanish

01-940-331/332: Literature and Culture of the Hispanic Caribbean

01-940-363: Bilingualism in the Spanish Speaking World

460: Race & Class Dynamics Latin America

Women and Gender Studies

01-988-235 Dynamics of Class, Race, and Sex***

01-988-329: Race, Gender Nation***