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SPAN6646A-L18

Mexican Cinema & Identity

This course will focus on the great films of 20th-Century Mexico in order to study the pivotal moments in the creation of Mexican identity. We will go from Santa, the first sound film of Mexican cinema, by Antonio Moreno to the acclaimed Amores Perros, the film of Alejandro González Iñárritu among others. While we study the films and their audiences and we will discuss the symbolic invention of the modern Mexican State from the post-revolution to modern days, with a special emphasis on the "Mexican Miracle" films and its posterior critique in directors as Luis Estrada and Carlos Reygadas. (1 unit)

Required Text: Electronic materials provided at Middlebury.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60329
Subject Code:
SPAN
Course Number:
6646
Section Identifier:
A

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SPAN 6646

All Sections in Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2018 Language Schools, LS 6 Week Session

SPAN6646A-L18 Lecture (Palou)