Course Overview

This course explores how Latinx identities and cultures have been depicted and mediated in both U.S. and in transnational media cultures. The course delves into critical analyses of media texts, media industries, and media audiences with an understanding of the in the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. Grounded in of critical cultural studies, we will survey the histories of Latinos in media as well as explore contemporary representations, productions, and audiences. With an emphasis on visual media such as  film, television, music videos, and advertising, we will engage with how cultural production reflects and produces ideologies of race, gender, sexuality, citizenship, class, and national identity. The course will examine the place of media in identity formation, narratives, and as forms or resistance.