Immigration Cinema: Migrations and Border Crossings to the U.S. and Europe

This course explores patterns of representation of the immigrant subject in recent films made in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America. It focuses on the role of cinema as a cultural and ideological apparatus representing the intersection of race, gender, sexuality, and class. It includes topics such as: social policies towards immigrants and refugees, criminalization of immigration, integration versus assimilation, the correlation between xenophobia/racism and political or economic nationalism. For students with two 3000-level Comparative Literature courses, this may serve as the capstone for the Tier III minor. This course is cross-listed as LACS 4100 and FLM 4100. Students will receive credit for one of these courses. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F replacement policy.