Advanced Seminar in Film & Video (443-0-20)

Topic

Latinx Media Studies

Instructors

Nathaniel Andrew Rossi

Meeting Info

Annie May Swift Hall 109: Wed 9:00AM - 11:50AM

Overview of class

This graduate seminar has two main goals. First, we will consider images of Latina/o/x people and communities in early U.S. popular culture and media. We will consider how Latinxs have historically been represented in the film, broadcasting, and music industries. In addition to race and ethnicity, particular attention will also be paid to constructions of gender, sexuality, class, nation, and citizenship. The second goal of this seminar will be to examine the emergence of the paradigm of Latinidad in Latinx, Communication, and Media Studies and interrogate the boundaries of Latinx identity in contemporary media cultures. Throughout the course we will explore the transnational elements present in the popular construction of Latinxs in the U.S. media imaginary. Additionally, the role transnational forces have played in driving and shaping Latinx migration patterns across borders will be emphasized, as well as the role media and communication technologies have played in creating transnational audiences and communities.

Class Materials (Required)

Chon Noriega, Shot in America: Television, the State, and the Rise of Chicano Cinema
Camilla Fojas, Islands of Empire: Pop Culture & U.S. Power

I am looking to see if the library can get online copies of these books. Otherwise, they are about 20 each or less on Amazon. The other readings will be posted in PDF format to the Canvas course site.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for Screen Cultures PhD students or by permission of instructor.