Blog #4

Still, Bride and Prejudice (Gurinder Chadha, 2004)

From your reading of the first half of the Sturken and Cartwright chapter, "The Global Flow of Visual Culture," provide a brief definition of globalization. What conditions, in terms of the sovereign nation-state, communication and transportation technologies, the movement of peoples and media "flow", does globalization entail? According to Sturken and Cartwright, how is the Bollywood industry since the 1990s illustrative of how our understanding of a "national" cinema is transformed in our current era of globalization?

Blog #3

Delores del Rio

Briefly answer the following:

Describe the “greaser” and the “Latin Lover” stereotypes. When did these stereotypes emerge and how were they represented on screen? How does the concept of “whiteness” inform their circulation in U.S. cinema? What is the “Good Neighbor Policy” and what impact did it have on the representation of Latinos/as? How does the concept of “whiteness” inform the ways Latino/a actors were promoted within the U.S. film industry (provide at least one example)? What shifts occur in Latino/a media representation after the Civil Rights movement? Discuss at least one Latino/a actor and/or director (one from the immediate post-Civil Rights era and one contemporary) and briefly explain how their careers are influenced by the history of Latinas/os in American film.