Directions: Using course reading materials, lectures, and films, answer ALL parts of the essay question below in a CLEAR, well organized essay of roughly 4-5 pages (12 pt. font, double spaced). Essay is Explain how Latinas/o representations in film have changed from West Side Story to Mi Familia. Referencing at least 2 other films that we have seen, show how Latina/os have been portrayed in American film between 1961 and the present day and what challenges they have faced and continue to face. Be sure to use quotes from Rodriguez’s Heroes Lovers and Others and Gonzalez’s Harvest of Empire to support your claims AND to discuss ALL of the course concepts below at some point in your essay:
Subjectivity
The “Safe” Latino Familia
Hegemony
Popular Culture
Intersectionality
Here are the ISBN numbers to the two books referred to
Harvest of Empire ISBN: 9780143119289
Heroes, Lovers and others ISBN: 9780195335132
When it says to use quotes from books it is referring to the following chapters
In Heroes, Lovers and others, chapters 1-4 and 6
the head liners of the book Harvest Empires are as follows:
Free Trade: The final conquest of Latin America
Cuban’s special refugees
Dominicans: From the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge
We also watched the following moives in class:
The Bronze Screen
real Women have curves
salt of the earth
raising victor Vargas
the lost city
bajo la misma luna
westside story
mi familia
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