FAMST 55LH - Latin American Cinema of Horrors, Monsters, and Zombies
The horror film and its subgenres have been produced in Latin America for almost a century. The region's monsters, zombies, or cannibals were steeped in folktales, historical events, political horror and cultural conventions. They also migrated to other genres. Traces the figure of the monstrous in Latin American film by examining how conventions of the horror genre operate in discrete cultural and historical contexts. Students screen, discuss, and read about films from across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Christina Venegas
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