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.