Portuguese 221 - TOPICS PORT/BRAZ LIT AND CULT

Topics course. This course introduces the intertwined histories and diverse cultures of Portuguese-speaking communities spread across three continents through a survey of films from Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Guine-Bissau and Portugal. We discuss through these films and a selection of short, critical readings, questions of colonialism and post-colonialism, immigration and diaspora, and the historical and contemporary contours of a Portuguese-language globalization. Course taught in Portuguese.

Topic: Envisioning "Lusofonia:" Transnational Encounters and Imaginaries in Portuguese-Language Film.