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LIT 123 - (D) The Italian-American Experience II: Italians in Hollywood

3 cr.


(No prerequisites, but completion of LIT 121 - (D) The Italian-American Experience I: Italian-American Culture  is recommended.)

From its inception, Hollywood has exploited a recurrent set of stereotypes to portray Italians. This course examines these stereotypes and investigates filmmakers’ responses to the conventional typecasting of Italians. Taught in English.