Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century / edited by Frederick Luis Aldama.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aldama, Frederick Luis, editor.

Series:

Latinx pop culture.

Latinx Pop Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans on television--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century offers an expansive and critical look at contemporary TV by and about U.S. Latinx communities. This volume unpacks the negative implications of older representation and celebrates the progress of new representation all while recognizing that television still has a long way to go"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Curation

or, It's All in the Mix: Forewords to the Televisua lDelights of Latinx TV in the Twenty-First Century / William "Memo" Nericcio

Latinx TVLandia: Moments to Movement / Frederick Luis Aldama

PART I. #BROWNLAUGHTER

Laughing at or with Latinos?: Changing the Scope of the Camera's Narrative Gaze in Midwest-Based Comedies / Laura Fernández

Cristela Alonzo's Subversive Humor: Television, Nostalgia, and the New Latino American Dream / Melissa Castillo Planas

Humor as Subversion: Feminist Messages in George Lopez / Yadira Gamez

PART II. #BROWNSUFFERING / #BROWNWELLNESS

Peripheral Futurities of Multiculturalism: Suffering Latinas in the Orange Is the New Black Ensemble Cast / Katlin Marisol Sweeney

Latinxs in Prime Time: A Look at Mental Health Television Portrayals / Muñoz, Reynoso-Franco, Perez-Palencia, Tovar

Inhala, Exhala: Latinas, Mental Health Journeys, and Accessible Shaping Devices in TV / Danielle Alexis Orozco

PART III. #STRAIGHTWHITEFORMS / BENTBROWNGENRES

Latinidad Through Dora the Explorer: Ignored Histories and Realities in Popular Children's Media / Cristina Rivera

Unholy Holiday: Día de Muertos in Disney's Elena of Avalor / Mathew Sandoval

These Are Their Historias: Latinx Cops and Prosecutors in Police Shows / Mauricio Espinoza

¿Quien Manda in Star Wars? Disidentifying with the Bandido in The Mandalorian / Carlos Gabriel Kelly González

PART IV. #BORDERLANDLATINXSRECLAIMED

Undocumedia: Documentary Media and the Spectacle of Enforcement / Camilla Fojas

Party of Five Reboot: The Denaturalization of Undocumented Latinx Suffering / Stacey Alex

Stories Valued, Bodies Excluded: Immigrant Narratives in Jane the Virgin, On My Block, and Party of Five / Irma J. Zamora Fuerte.

Myth, Force, and the Burden of Prestige: Narcos: Mexico as Case Study / Ryan Rashotte

From Border "Reality" to Narrative Possibilities in Latinx TV and FX's The Bridge / J. V. Miranda

PART V. #QUEERINGLATINXTV

"Quiero que Vengas": Coming From, Out, and Into the Lesbian Latin(a) Lover / Peyton Del Toro

Cognitive Richness and Serial Ingredients in Vida / Héctor J. Pérez

Transloca(l) Poetics: Que(e)ring Mucho, Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado / Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes

PART VI. #STREAMINGBROWN

Beyond Narcos and Novelas: The Diverse World of Streaming in Latin America / David Schmidt

The Unstable Intersection of Witchcraft, Slavery, and Representation in Siempre bruja / Nicole Pizarro

Peter Murrieta Talks: A Life of Shaping Twenty-First-Century Latinx TVLandia

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780816545261

OCLC:

1306519347