Gender Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema

3 Hours

Studies Latin American cinema as a device of gender system formation and reinforcement, and as criticism of patriarchal hegemony; discusses questions related to sexuality depicted in Latin American films. Subjects covered include: maternity, prostitution, machismo, children's sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and gender violence in films from the 1930s to present. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 24), Spanish 350C, 350K (Topic 1), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.