Immigration Cinema: Migrations and Border Crossings to the U.S. and Europe

Catalog description

This course explores patterns of representation of the immigrant subject in recent films made in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America. It focuses on the role of cinema as a cultural and ideological apparatus representing the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and class. It includes topics such as: social policies towards immigrants and refugees, criminalization of immigration, integration versus assimilation, the correlation between xenophobia/racism and political or economic nationalism. Students will receive credit for CMP 4100, FLM 4100, or LACS 4100. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F-replacement policy.