Latin American Film & Television Studies / Introducción a los estudios latinoamericanos fílmicos y televisivos

This course is an introduction to Latin American film and television studies. It is conducted in Spanish and is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor. Students will acquire knowledge on contemporary trends in film and television studies, including film theory, the archival turn, and ethnographies of television reception, as they relate to the film and television cultures of the rich and diverse regions of Latin America. The course’s historical purview takes students from classical narratives of the 1930s and 40s to revolutionary cinema of the 1960s and 70s to melorealism and the telenovela of the contemporary period.

Latin America / Latinoamérica

Lisa M. Rabin, George Mason University

Attribution - NonCommercial