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Greasers and gringos : Latinos, law, and the American imagination / Steven W. Bender.
LIBRA KF4757.5.L38 B46 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bender, Steven.
- Series:
- Critical America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
- Hispanic Americans and mass media--United States.
- Hispanic Americans and mass media.
- Hispanic Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 293 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- An examination of the damning effects Latino stereotyping has within our legal system and society and how the internalization of these stereotypes have caused Latinos to view themselves as inferior.
- Contents:
- The confluence of stereotype and law
- Latinas/os in the American imagination
- Centering Latina/o stereotypes in those of other groups
- Greasers and gangsters : Latinas/os and crime
- Mañana (is soon enough for me) : fertility and welfare
- In the U.S.A. it's English or adiós amigo : Latina/o assimilation
- One of the smart ones : Latina/o (un)intelligence
- No Mexicans or dogs allowed: subhumanity
- Gringos in the Latina/o imagination
- Latinas/os in the mirror : intra/inter-ethnic glimpses
- Eradicating stereotypes : community-based strategies of media counterspeech and protest
- Mi familia as counterspeech
- Eradicating stereotypes : the collision of legal strategies with the First Amendment
- Beyond stereotype : movement toward social change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081479887X
- OCLC:
- 52575531
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