{"id":439,"date":"2015-08-25T12:15:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/medinavi\/?p=439"},"modified":"2016-02-26T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:23:21","slug":"399-seminar-in-literature-and-film-rewriting-from-the-margins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/medinavi\/2015\/08\/25\/399-seminar-in-literature-and-film-rewriting-from-the-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"399. Seminar in Literature and Film."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Social conventions and alternatives\u00a0<\/strong>in the Hispanic Caribbean\u00a0<\/strong>and Latinx <\/a>US<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Description:<\/strong>\u00a0How does a person begin a process of transformation into something that deviates so much from the norm that he\/she\u00a0becomes “the Other?” And, how much can a person or relationship be transformed without turning into something that deviates too much from social norms? How are new forms of self recorded through film and literature in Latin American and Latino\/a Cultures? And most importantly, what do literary and cinematic accounts of transformation reveal about\u00a0socio-economic\u00a0challenges and social norms? This course explores accounts of “Otherness,” “Deviance,” difference, and transformation, often written from the margins of society. With an emphasis on the Hispanic Caribbean, we will emphasize discussions of\u00a0 5 main topics: \u00a0the representation of deviant bodies, the family as the main social unit, the impact of migration and citizenship, and the reconstruction history. \u00a0Literary and cinematic depictions \u00a0of gender, sexuality, economy, transnationalism, migration, race, and class, in US Latina\/o and Caribbean\u00a0literature and film from the 20th and 21st century, as these topics speak to the larger\u00a0discussion of our seminar. Among the authors to be studied are Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico), Ana Lydia Vega (Puerto Rico), Roberto Fern\u00e1ndez Retamar (Cuba), Nancy Morej\u00f3n (Cuba), Rey And\u00fajar (Dominican Republic), and Nicole Cecilia Delgado (Puerto Rico). We will also analyze three films that address Latina\/o experiences in the United States: Quincea\u00f1era<\/em> (U.S.A.) directed by Richard Glatzer and\u00a0Wash Westmoreland, Bella<\/em> (U.S.A.) by Alejandro Monteverde, and Gun Hill Road (U.S.A.)\u00a0<\/i>by Rashaad Ernesto Green. \u00a0Given the sometimes explicit and strong images depicted\u00a0in some of these texts and films, additional\u00a0alternatives will be available upon student’s request. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n