Representation Of Latin America Through Its Cinema

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This course will analyze various aspects of the culture and society of LatinAmerican countries through film. A careful selection of movies and textspresented in class will help students improve their ability to read films aesthetically,culturally, and historically. Cultural and social aspects such as therole of women in Latin American society, political ideologies, social and economicstructures, power institutions, e.g. the Catholic Church, the State, druglords, etc, will be examined and discussed through a systematic study of filmsselected