This course introduces students to the history, practice, and cultural impact of film festivals, with a special focus on UMass Amherst's long-standing tradition of festival curation and programming. UMass has been home to a vibrant festival culture for decades, including the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival (MMFF, now in its 30+ years), the Catalan Film Festival, and the Latin American, Indigenous, and Lusophone film festivals, among others.

An overview of the role that music, lyrics, and related cultural practices have played in Iberian societies from the Middle Ages until the present.

Students will work in translating from English into Spanish Holyoke Health?s web site while also studying the challenges and responsibilities of working as civically-engaged volunteers in an urban community health services setting.

This course is an introduction to the literature, art and culture of the Hispanic Caribbean, both insular and continental. Analysis and discussion on the main authors and artists from the region, in order to explore intersections between literature, art, history and geo-political situation.

This course examines the mapping of race, gender, and sexuality onto Latinx bodies in popular culture. Working chronologically from the early 20th century to the present, we will examine popular depictions of Latinx people in television, film, music, and print culture. In particular, we will analyze how moral panic has been historically displaced onto Latinx bodies - from Carmen Miranda to Alicia Machado. We will also consider Latinx bodies as agents of resistance to normative discourses, such as those of purity, cleanliness, and religiosity.

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