Course Info: HACU-0168
| Course | HACU-0168 LatinAmerican Children on Film |
| Long Title | Latin American Children on Film |
| Term | 2017F |
| Note(s) |
Satisfies Distribution Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Emily Dickinson HallüEmily Dickinson Hall 4ü4 on M,WüM from 2:30-3:50ü4:00-5:20 |
| Faculty | Norman Holland |
| Capacity | 23 |
| Available | 16 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
| Distribution(s) |
Culture, Humanities, and Languages |
| Cumulative Skill(s) | Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research |
| Additional Info | In this course, students are expected to spend 6 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time. |
| Description | Childhood is no more an essential category than is gender; it is constructed. The course focuses on recent Latin American films that are not marketed to children, but feature minors (menores de edad) as organizing figures. It explores the way in which the child has been used to (re)envision collective histories and imagine different national futures and/or social change, but also to consider the problems that can arise from staging the child as a redemptive figure. The films depict four types: the "problem" and "at risk" child; traveling children; the child witness to political trauma; and "queer" children. In the process, the course highlights current Latin American history. Pertinent historical readings, theoretical essays, and critical articles supplement our screenings. |