Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
351-0-20: Topics in Latino Studies : Latinos in the Media

Instructor: Beatriz Badikian Gartler
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Expected Enrollment: 30

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The image of Latinos/Latinas in the media – be it Hollywood films, television sitcoms, or newspapers -- has gone through a remarkable trajectory that often, if not always, includes some form of stereotyping.

In this course we will study the trajectory of Latinos and Latinas in and on the media in the United States. To this effect, we will read and discuss relevant essays and watch films and other visual texts as they correspond to the written materials as well as watch and discuss television programming. The course will be loosely organized chronologically in order to work against a historico/politico/sociological background, although our focus will be the last few decades of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st.

[Course Descriptions for Fall 2008] [Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences] [LATIN_AM Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program]