CAMS 240 - Gendering the Bronze Screen:Representations of Chicanas/Latinas in Film

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Wellesley College

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Mata (Women's and Gender Studies) The history of Chicanas and Latinas on the big screen is a long and complicated one. To understand the changes that have occurred in the representation of Chicanas/Latinas, this course proposes an analysis of films that traces various stereotypes and looks at how those images have been perpetuated, altered, and ultimately resisted. From the Anglicizing of names to the erasure of racial backgrounds, the ways in which Chicanas and Latinas are represented has been contingent on ideologies of race, gender, class and sexuality. We will be examining how films have typecast Chicanas/Latinas as criminals or as exotic based on their status as women of color, and how Chica-no/Latino filmmakers continue the practice of casting Chicanas/Latinas only as support characters to the male protagonists. Students may register for either CAMS 240 or WGST 223 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: None. Not open to students who have previously taken [WOST 223]. Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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