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[email protected] The Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences “This ain’t gringoland;”* The Salvadoran Civil War in U.S. Popular Film By Jonathan Herbert Grandage A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2007 The members of the Committee approve the thesis of Jonathan Herbert Grandage on April 2, 2007 _________________________ Robinson Herrera Professor Directing Thesis _________________________ Matthew Childs Committee Member _________________________ Max Friedman Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful for this opportunity to thank some of the people who have supported me throughout my studies and the writing of this thesis. First and foremost, I owe my greatest intellectual debts to my major professor, Robinson Herrera. Robinson’s class on Latin American through film first inspired me to study Latin American history as well as helped to spark my interest in the topic of El Salvador that would eventually become this master’s thesis. I would also like to thank Rodney Anderson, Matt Childs, and Max Friedman. These professors offered great courses that delved deep into the study of Latin American history as well as the history of U.S.