Crossing Borders in Latin American Cinema

1 Course Unit

Through the lens of border crossing this course will explore various current topics in Contemporary Latin American Cinema such as immigration, exile and travel narratives, gender crossing, social and political transgressions, transnationalism, and co-productions. The concept of the border will be fluid and central to the course, and through it we will reflect upon what separates and unites people at an individual, sexual, social, cultural, political, national, and geographical level. This focus will help us explore a wide variety of “movements”, negotiations, and transgressions taking place in the Latin American Cinema of the last three decades. Fall or Spring Also Offered As: LALS 3652, SPAN 3652 Prerequisite: SPAN 1800 OR SPAN 1900 1 Course Unit