Unit information: Postcolonial Luso-Afro-Brazilian Cinema in 2011/12

Unit name	Postcolonial Luso-Afro-Brazilian Cinema
Unit code	HISP30045
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Cosme
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This module focuses on a range of films emerging from Lusophone Africa and Brazil, and considers especially the ways in which these works represent and dialogue with the historical national contexts from which they emerge. Students are encouraged to engage with primary materials and with the theories at the forefront of Nationalism, identity formation and Postcolonial Studies in the Lusophone contexts. The aims of this unit are to study and analyse a variety of literary, ideological and cultural issues linked with identities and nationalism in the Lusophone worlds.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module students should be able to critically engage with the key issues which inform nationalism and identity in contemporary Afro-Brazilian film, and to be able to discuss the relevance of Postcolonial approaches in the Lusophone contexts. In addition, students should also be able to identify a variety of terms and concepts with which to evaluate Lusophone Postcolonial and contexts.

Teaching Information

Lectures and seminars

Assessment Information

One summative essay of 3,000 words (one-third of mark) and one two-hour examination (two-thirds of mark)

Reading and References

• Ashcroft, Bill, Gareth Griffins and Helen Tiffin (eds.), The Post-colonial Studies Reader, 2nd edition (London: Routledge, 2006) Selected articles
• Stam, Robert, Tropical Multiculturalism: A Comparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema and Culture (Durham: Duke University Press, 1997)
• Murphy, David, and Patrick Williams, Postcolonial African cinema: ten directors (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007)-Introduction & Chapter 6